The mysterious, gray-eyed Anderssen arrives in La Llorona in search of something. He’s no ordinary mortal and the thing he seeks is miraculous indeed. But, as prophesied, dark forces are on the move to keep him from his goal.
This is a rather dull story. I got a bit of an attempted Stephen King vibe from it but unfortunately the story failed to engaged me in any way. The characters and plot aren’t very interesting or exciting and the writing is riddled with meandering descriptions that don’t go anywhere. There’s nothing appalingly bad about it but in the end it’s an overly long, forgettable story.
(F&SF, June 2008)
