Valknut The Binding Marie M Loughin 9780615817521 Books
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An’ the black bird o’ sorrow
lay his blue eye upon you
an’ you fall
an’ you fall
an’ no one catches you
at all...
When Lennie Cook hops a freight train in a desperate search for her father, she's thrust into an underworld of hobos, gangbangers, and serial killers. But human foes are the least of Lennie’s worries. On the iron road, amid the lost, the restless, and the strange, an ancient battle between gods is taking place. Lennie comes face to face with Fenrir the Wolf, whose quest for vengeance threatens to plunge the world into madness.
His first target is Lennie, who has the power to stop him--if only she can figure out how.
Aided by road-hardened Junkyard Doug and simple-souled Jungle Jim, Lennie uncovers the deadly family secret that drove her father to desert her. A secret that could derail Fenrir’s plans…
Or cost Lennie her life.
Valknut The Binding Marie M Loughin 9780615817521 Books
Lennie Cook is supposed to be working as a waitress, earning money for the college courses she postponed for years, and which are finally starting tomorrow. Instead, she's dangling from the side of a moving freight train, holding on with one sweaty hand and rugged determination. She's pulled inside only to find the one-eyed hobo she was following was nowhere to be seen. Not only is the hobo gone, but the other 'bos in the freight car never saw him to begin with, although there is a myth about old Ramblin' Red, who "some say [is] outside humankind." Her disappointment at losing Ramblin' Red is the focal point for years of pain, sacrifice, and longing. Ramblin' Red was Lennie's only clue to the whereabouts of her father, who took to the iron road, abandoning Lennie and her mother years before. Lennie's mother succumbed to the dulling opiate of alcohol and, after her death, Lennie started visiting hobo jungles to try and find any trace of her father. Ramblin' Red was her first lead, and his disappearance is only the first in a string of increasingly strange occurrences.Lennie's life is about to get very strange - and very dark.
The Binding draws the life of drifters in sharp relief, highlighting not only the estrangement, but also the humanity of those who choose to wander. Loughin deftly presents the physical discomforts of riding in a boxcar; you feel the cold, the bumps, and the sucking danger of the door, which must remain open during travel because they can't be opened from the inside. To the visceral physicality of life on the iron road, Loughin adds a layer of supernatural mythology. These disparate elements are blended together with such skill that there are no jarring seams, no 'rough track' to the story. You feel the presence of Fenrir's evil as surely as you feel the cold concrete under the cardboard box where Lennie sleeps. Loughin is masterful in her ability to weave a setting and depict memorable characters. As 'bound' as Lennie is by her lineage, so too are we bound to stay up late, reading and wanting to know what happens.
The Binding could be labeled Urban Fantasy. It could also be labeled Crime. Or Horror. It is a tough book to categorize and that's a good thing: tough means that there are new combinations, thrilling syntheses between genres, themes, and plot devices.
Valknut: The Binding is a riveting mix of urban anthropology, Norse mythology, and beautiful writing.
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Valknut The Binding Marie M Loughin 9780615817521 Books Reviews
Valknut The Binding is a well-written, tightly constructed tale with a great collection of unique and compelling characters. From the minute Lenny jumps on the train, this is a non-stop page turner. Loughin exhibits a terrific imagination with her mix of Norse gods, hobos, and regular people caught in a web of uncertainty.
I'll admit I've learned to be a bit leery about e-pubbed books, since many of them just limp along and are still given high ratings. Not so Valknut! This is a totally professional offering from the evocative cover to the carefully edited copy to the fascinating plot. It well deserves a 5 star rating. My only quibble is the title, which if you haven't read the book, makes no sense. This is a weak complaint, however. Valknut The Binding is highly recommended.
Everyone's heard of books that give urban fantasy and paranormal books a bad name. Starts with "Twi"... And continues with all of the drivel that follows in the genre. The well written stuff with a real plot and dynamic characters anyone can relate to gets buried. Loughin's "Valknut The Binding" is one of those rare few in the genre that makes you glad you bought your kindle; the edges of a paperback would have been frayed by your clenched fists less than halfway through. She starts with a bang and keeps banging until the last big bang at the end. Even after Loughin releases tension and begins to wind down for the end of her book, she hands you a pair of binoculars and says "Look! There's more up ahead!"
If you like the kind of book that provides both hard action and a bit of real gut-clenching suspense while supplying you with a dry, sarcastic twist to the words that makes you laugh at things that shouldn't be funny, this is definitely the book for you.
And did I mention the bad-ass hobos?
Something about Valknut The Binding felt very familiar. Not in the sense that I had read the story before; on the contrary, the premise and its plot are highly unique. You don't often find Norse mythology, hobo culture, and a murder mystery tied together in one neat package. I felt more that the overall story had a familiar feel, as if it were informed by the same influences that have defined my own career. I also thought it could make a great episode of Supernatural or the X-files, so that could contribute to the feeling. In any case, it's a good familiarity, like meeting an old friend after many years apart.
The characters of Valknut live their own lives. It's a simple statement, but it's one of praise. At no point did I feel the characters were anything other than themselves (with their own emotions), even as the plot dragged them to the conclusion. The protagonist, Lennie, is a young woman drawn into circumstances that she doesn't understand by her quest to find her missing father. She meets "Junkyard" Doug, a hobo on a similar quest to find his brother's murderer, the serial killer known as the Hobo Spider. They're soon accompanied by "Jungle" Jim Tuttle. Jungle Jim was something of a difficult character for me. I liked him - a lot. He had a purity of spirit that rang true - when we see him lighting up everyone's faces, it feels genuine. My only problem is that it kind of plays into the trope of "the Rainman", wherein someone with a disability has another compensating benefit, typically one that is magical. I've seen it done so much that it needed a little something more. Unfortunately, I don't think he quite overcame that, as much as I might have wished he would. While I think Jungle Jim is a great character, I had a bit of a pause at seeing this again that has stuck with me.
The story's pace is great, with a few slow patches here and there. I found myself tearing through sections at a rapid pace, then slowing a bit when I'd hit a wall of exposition. Objectively, I'm not sure if this is my own problem or a problem with the work itself. I admit a preference for a balance leaning a bit more toward external action than internal processes, and the book walks a pretty fine line between the two. Ultimately, I think she handles it just fine, especially for Ms. Loughin's intended audience.
Great plot. No other way to put it. Sure, it's the story of the chosen one, but I'd be a hypocrite at this point to criticize that plot, and she manages to make it fresh by making Lennie something less than a messiah and savior and giving her latitude of freedom and surprising moves that escapes some of the constraints of the trope. I really wish the murder mystery subplot had been a bit more fleshed-out. I never really felt the menace of the Hobo Spider, and its conclusion felt a little rushed. Lennie's quest for her father is satisfying, and stirred genuine emotion at its conclusion. Mixing these elements together made for a great, if not perfect, plot.
Overall, I recommend the book without hesitation. The characters and plot work well together, there's a lot of scenery that I've really never seen in any other book (I now know what a hobo jungle is and looks like), and it kept me reading. The exploration of Norse Mythology is well-done, never going so deep as to drag the story down, but offering enough information to tantalize a reader into perhaps learning more about the subject. As I said, I think it would make a fantastic, smart episode of Supernatural or the X-Files, so if you like those series, dig in - I think you'll like what you find.
Lennie Cook is supposed to be working as a waitress, earning money for the college courses she postponed for years, and which are finally starting tomorrow. Instead, she's dangling from the side of a moving freight train, holding on with one sweaty hand and rugged determination. She's pulled inside only to find the one-eyed hobo she was following was nowhere to be seen. Not only is the hobo gone, but the other 'bos in the freight car never saw him to begin with, although there is a myth about old Ramblin' Red, who "some say [is] outside humankind." Her disappointment at losing Ramblin' Red is the focal point for years of pain, sacrifice, and longing. Ramblin' Red was Lennie's only clue to the whereabouts of her father, who took to the iron road, abandoning Lennie and her mother years before. Lennie's mother succumbed to the dulling opiate of alcohol and, after her death, Lennie started visiting hobo jungles to try and find any trace of her father. Ramblin' Red was her first lead, and his disappearance is only the first in a string of increasingly strange occurrences.
Lennie's life is about to get very strange - and very dark.
The Binding draws the life of drifters in sharp relief, highlighting not only the estrangement, but also the humanity of those who choose to wander. Loughin deftly presents the physical discomforts of riding in a boxcar; you feel the cold, the bumps, and the sucking danger of the door, which must remain open during travel because they can't be opened from the inside. To the visceral physicality of life on the iron road, Loughin adds a layer of supernatural mythology. These disparate elements are blended together with such skill that there are no jarring seams, no 'rough track' to the story. You feel the presence of Fenrir's evil as surely as you feel the cold concrete under the cardboard box where Lennie sleeps. Loughin is masterful in her ability to weave a setting and depict memorable characters. As 'bound' as Lennie is by her lineage, so too are we bound to stay up late, reading and wanting to know what happens.
The Binding could be labeled Urban Fantasy. It could also be labeled Crime. Or Horror. It is a tough book to categorize and that's a good thing tough means that there are new combinations, thrilling syntheses between genres, themes, and plot devices.
Valknut The Binding is a riveting mix of urban anthropology, Norse mythology, and beautiful writing.
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