Part of this plot involves “ngks,” nasty impish creatures that can eliminate other spirits. Carlos learns of a plot by a powerful sorcerer who wants to dissolve the barrier between the living and the dead. Of course, Carlos neglects to inform Sasha that he killed her brother. When Carlos locates Sasha, he realizes he has much in common with her and the two begin a passionate romance. Trevor, urges Carlos to look out for his sister, Sasha with his dying breath. the next kill), he discovers he’s not the only inbetweener and befriends the target, Trevor. When Carlos looks into his next job (i.e. This is unique in the landscape of the New York Council of the dead and as such, he’s tasked jobs only he can perform…like killing another ghost. This inbetweener status puts him somewhere in the Venn diagram of living, undead, and mostly dead. Our hero and narrator is Carlos Delacruz, an “inbetweener” with no memory of the life he lived before crossing into the realm of the dead. Half-Resurrection Blues is Daniel José Older’s debut and the first novel of his Bone Street Rumba series. In the uniquely engaging and powerful voice of Daniel José Older, the world of New York City’s dead inhabitants is a vivid and alive landscape full of potency. New York City is a world unto itself, it has been visited by many a writer, and populated by many fictional characters both living and dead.
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