Wooding, Chris. The haunting of Alaizabel Cray.WOODING, Chris. The haunting haunt·ing adj. Continually recurring to the mind; unforgettable: a haunting melody. haunt of Alaizabel Cray (Cray, Inc., Seattle, WA, www.cray.com) A supercomputer manufacturer founded in 1972 as Cray Research, Inc., by Seymour Cray, a leading designer of large-scale computers at Control Data. In 1976, it shipped its first computer to Los Alamos National Laboratory. . Scholastic, Orchard Books. 304p. c2004. 0-439-54656-7 $16.95. JS London's Old Quarter is filled with creatures of the dark, wych-kin that terrify ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. those who dare walk the streets after dark. Seventeen-year-old Thaniel is a wych-hunter, tracking down Cradle-jacks and Night Mares, and setting wards against attacks with skills learned from his late father, the most famous wych-hunter of all, and his current mentor and partner Cathaline. On one hunt, he finds a seemingly mad girl on the streets of the Old Quarter and takes her home. She soon recovers from her fever, but Thaniel and Cathaline realize that there is something about the girl Alaizabel that is like a magnet to the wych-kin, attracting ever more perilous creatures to her. The truth appears one night as Alaizabel's body is taken over by Thatch, the spirit that possesses her. Thatch has been summoned by the Fraternity, a group of dark-seeking powerbrokers who hope to open the gates allowing the most horrible of the wych-kin to take over the world. Thaniel must stop the Fraternity from completing their rites before the world sinks under the terror of the evil soon to be unleashed. Wooding's tale takes readers directly to the Gothic heart of Jack-the-Ripper London and into a secret underworld Underworld See also Hell. Unfaithfulness (See FAITHLESSNESS.) Ungratefulness (See INGRATITUDE.) Unkindness (See CRUELTY, INHOSPITALITY.) Aidoneus epithet of Hades. [Gk. Myth. described in shivering shivering /shiv·er·ing/ (shiv´er-ing) 1. involuntary shaking of the body, as with cold. 2. a disease of horses, with trembling or quivering of various muscles. shivering see shiver, stringhalt. detail. Michele Winship, Asst. Prof., Capital Univ., Columbus, OH |
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