{"id":9101,"date":"2017-06-13T19:53:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T23:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:31:01","slug":"threads-of-malice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9101","title":{"rendered":"Threads of Malice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Threads of Malice<\/a><\/em> (2005) Tamara Siler Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Holy crap. I had completely forgotten how dark this book is. I mean, extremely dark. Descriptions of torture and rape and then the murder of the victim. And by this we see the torture from the victim’s POV, not just Dubric seeing the results of the torture and murder.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, I scanned those bits, because I just can’t read things that awful. <\/p>\n

Yet I finished the book, because the mystery of the story was one I had completely forgotten, and I wanted to know what happened.<\/p>\n

Dubric Byerly, head of security at Castle Faldorrah sees the ghosts of the murdered until their murderer dies. When a boy arrives at the castle pleading for help, Dubric, Dien, and Dubric’s two pages Lars and Otlee leave immediately. Dien because his family is in the area and his strength is often of help to Dubric who is getting on in years.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, when Dubric enters the range of the ghosts he is overwhelmed and must live with those consequences. However, one positive thing comes from this, which is that Dubric finally admits that he sees the ghosts of the murdered–a burden he has been carrying alone for years.<\/p>\n

Another terribly sad part of the story is Dien’s father-in-law, a hat-maker who has gone mad–been mad since the death of his son Stuart.<\/p>\n

Devyn waved and shuffled off, one hand trailing against the wall for balance.
\n\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d Sarea said, cleaning up Devyn\u2019s mess. \u201cHe shouldn\u2019t have said those things.\u201d
\nLars dismissed the apology with a shake of his head. \u201cHe shouldn\u2019t have forgotten you, either. That\u2019s a far worse crime than what he said about me.\u201d
\nSarea hung her head, dishes clattering into the washbasin. \u201cIt grows worse every time we visit. I don\u2019t know how Mother manages.\u201d
\n\u201cBecause I promised to. He\u2019s still my husband,\u201d Lissea said as she strode into the kitchen and poured a fresh cup of tea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And we also see the grieving, whose sons have been murdered.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy didn\u2019t he just tell me? Why did he have to go looking for it in the first place?\u201d
\n\u201cBecause he was a curious, principled boy,\u201d Dubric said gently. \u201cHe tried to help. Tried to stop it.\u201d
\nShe lowered her head. \u201cThen it\u2019s all my fault, isn\u2019t it? I taught him to think and ask questions, to reason things out for himself. I insisted he care about his life, about others, about helping people. Because of my stupid principles he went looking for this damned pattern, and feared it enough to leave it behind as a message for me. And (unnamed), not wanting to lose a different clue, disappeared.\u201d
\nHer chin quivered, and the last shred of strength fell. \u201cI killed him. I killed my son and that sweet little boy.\u201d She ripped the paper into tiny shreds. \u201cMy work, my Goddess-damned work and hopes for my son got him killed. If I\u2019d been content to be poor, if I had kept my place, kept Braoin ignorant and raised him to expect no more from life, he wouldn\u2019t be dead. And (unnamed) might not be lost.\u201d
\nDubric knelt before her and touched her hand, stilling its shudders. \u201cLook at me, Maeve. Please.\u201d
\n\u201cYou\u2019re not supposed to be here,\u201d she cried, slamming her free fist against the arm of her chair. \u201cI\u2019m supposed to grieve alone. My whole life I\u2019ve been alone, except for Braoin. Now, when he\u2019s gone, I\u2019m not alone anymore? Why?\u201d
\n\u201cI am not going anywhere,\u201d he said, grasping her fingers. \u201cI promise. And I will find whoever did this to your family.\u201d
\n\u201cHow could a mother kill her son?\u201d
\n\u201cYou did not kill your son. You were a good mother. A fine mother. And you loved him.\u201d
\n\u201cThat doesn\u2019t matter now, does it? He\u2019s still dead. Like all the others, he\u2019s dead.\u201d She drew her hand from beneath Dubric\u2019s and curled away, crying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I said, parts of this book are extremely difficult to read.<\/p>\n

Published by Bantam Spectra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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