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A review by tansy
The Helios Syndrome by Vivian Shaw
3.25
Another one that I'd forgotten all about by the time I came to read it. For some reason I started this thinking it was set during World War II, (something about the cover design and the plot of necromancer + airplanes had connected it to 1946 film, "A Matter of Life and Death", in my head), and was extremely confused when I discovered it's set during the present day.
So it's set in the present day! Our hero is a necromancer who is employed by the US governement to investigate plane crashes. It's a frustratingly lightweight book. There's no revelation about what's causing the incident that's the main focus of the book, and while there's a hint of a future romantic relationship nothing happens between the characters in this book. This feels like the book version of a pilot episode - setting everything up for a series about psychic plane crash investigators and the sexual tension they have with their colleagues.
So it's set in the present day! Our hero is a necromancer who is employed by the US governement to investigate plane crashes. It's a frustratingly lightweight book. There's no revelation about what's causing the incident that's the main focus of the book, and while there's a hint of a future romantic relationship nothing happens between the characters in this book. This feels like the book version of a pilot episode - setting everything up for a series about psychic plane crash investigators and the sexual tension they have with their colleagues.