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Highlights
- Lushly written with rich and vivid characters, Santa Olivia is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth.
- About the Author: Jacqueline Carey's previous publications include various short stories, essays, the nonfiction book Angels: Celestial Spirits in Legend and Art, and the nationally bestselling series Kushiel's Legacy.
- 352 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Fantasy
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About the Book
Lushly written with rich and vivid characters, "Santa Olivia" is Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth.Book Synopsis
Lushly written with rich and vivid characters, Santa Olivia is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico. A fugitive "Wolf-Man" who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group of men genetically-manipulated and used by the US government as a weapon. The "Wolf-Men" were engineered to have superhuman strength, speed, sensory capability, stamina, and a total lack of fear, and Loup, named for and sharing her father's wolf-like qualities, is marked as an outsider. After her mother dies, Loup goes to live among the misfit orphans at the parish church, where they seethe from the injustices visited upon the locals by the soldiers. Eventually, the orphans find an outlet for their frustrations: They form a vigilante group to support Loup Garron who, costumed as their patron saint, Santa Olivia, uses her special abilities to avenge the town. Aware that she could lose her freedom, and possibly her life, Loup is determined to fight to redress the wrongs her community has suffered. And like the reincarnation of their patron saint, she will bring hope to all of Santa Olivia.About the Author
Jacqueline Carey's previous publications include various short stories, essays, the nonfiction book Angels: Celestial Spirits in Legend and Art, and the nationally bestselling series Kushiel's Legacy.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.24 Inches (W) x .95 Inches (D)
Weight: .63 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Theme: Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Author: Jacqueline Carey
Language: English
Street Date: May 1, 2009
TCIN: 77553534
UPC: 9780446198172
Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-1667
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.95 inches length x 5.24 inches width x 8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.63 pounds
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