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Floater
by Lucius Shepherd check out website: www.pspublishing.co.uk
This is a mixture of genres: crime, horror and some futuristic elements all meet here and it strangely works. At no point does the reality of the story fail and you get completely caught up in the action of the plot. This is important because Shepard is interested in reality and how we perceive it. You are never quite sure what is really happening and how it matches the perception of Dempsey. The events are seen through his eyes and so you can feel the confusion that he feels. The other main character in the novel is the atmosphere. It dominates, overshadowing many of the other characters. Whether Dempsey is in a rave club or in a voodoo church the atmosphere is claustrophobic and foreboding - like getting lost in a maze when a dense fog is falling. It makes the novel more compelling. Floater is a dark and disturbing novel, designed to confuse and cause intrigue and, like all good designs, it works. Katie McGivern
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OTHER REVIEWS - February 2004
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Of The Fantastic vol 15 no. 2 & 3
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Detective William Dempsey is on sick leave
from the New York Police Department. Partly because he has a floater,
particles of protein in his eye, and partly because of the cloud
of suspicion that still hang over him.
This
is due to the shooting of Haitian immigrant, Israel Lara. Dempsey
is on a downward spiral, finding solace in pills and drink. Little
does Dempsey know how far down he will fall, becoming tangled up in
the religion of voodoo.
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