“We are the Diviners. We have been and we will be. It is a
power that comes from the great energy of the land and its people, a realm
shared for a spell, for as long as is needed. We see the dead. We speak to
restless spirits. We walk in dreams. We read meaning from every held thing. The
future unfolds for us like the navigator’s map, showing seas we have yet to
travel”—The Diviners
The year is 1926 and Ellie O'Neill is wasting away in her
boring Ohio town. Ellie isn’t like the dull teenagers around her; she believes
that she is destined for greatness and longs for the adventure that only a big
city can provide. With the ability to hold an object in her hand and read it, gathering information about its owner, why should she think anything less?
After Ellie finds herself in hot water after using her unique
ability, she is delighted to be shipped off to the busy streets of New York
City as punishment. Soon she discovers that there is more to New York than the
roaring speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces that the magazines have
promised her. Instead of attending fancy parties and dancing the night away, Ellie
must live with her Uncle Will, the curator of The Museum of American Folklore,
Superstition, and the Occult.
In addition to dealing with the heebie-jeebies that come
from living in "The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies,” it seems that Ellie’s
powers have made her the target of The Pentagram Killer. Now with the help of
her uncle and his mysterious assistant Jericho, Ellie must put an end to this gruesome
killing spree before she becomes the next victim.
The latest series from acclaimed author, Libba Bray, The
Diviners is a dark delight. A“read-with-the-lights on” must, this thriller will
have you on the edge of your seat.
