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The Adept 2: The Lodge of the Lynx (Adept)

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Authors: Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris
Publisher: Ace
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

10 reviews
Sales Rank: 426712

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.9

ISBN: 0441003443
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780441003440
ASIN: 0441003443

Publication Date: June 1, 1992
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Mystery AND high magic, what more could you want? January 14, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Kurtz does an excellent job of weaving a mystery and giving the Reader an inside glimpse of ritual magic. Each book in this series can easily stand alone, but I recommend reading them all, starting with the first one, of course. If you love a good mystery, and are intrigued by magic, this series is for you!

3 out of 5 stars

More Quaint Ol' Occult Detective Stuff April 5, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

This follow-up to THE ADEPT has all of the faults and strengths of Book One of the series. Fortunately, it also has an expanding cast of colorful characters who are beginning to come into their own here.

Sir Adam Sinclair, Bt. is still too well turned out, but Peregrine Lovat has begun to shed his "Youthful Ward Dick Grayson" persona in favor of a more mature, more nettlesome individuality. Police Inspector Noel McLeod has become nearly three-dimensional as opposed to the cardboard soldier depiction of his character in the first novel.

In LODGE OF THE LYNX Sir Adam and his Huntsmen are pitted against an evil covey of black magic practitioners who are dedicated to destroying Freemasons and Freemasonry. There's an interesting Hitlerian subplot and a good deal of accurate information on paleolithic European sacrifice rituals, as well as some generally unknown facts about Masonic practice that make this book particularly engrossing.

The detail and settings are extremely visual, and hold the reader's attention well. Of course, Sir Adam continues to be GQ's Man of the Year---it's almost comic when he mumbles "I dunno" in response to a question after a near fatal car crash as opposed to his usual, "I haven't any idea, sir."

The biggest failing of this novel is its stretching of suspended disbelief to the breaking point. All good fantasy asks the reader to accept certain premises and suspend doubt in the telling of the tale. While its easy enough to believe the angelic visitations that the Huntsmen experience during an initiation ritual it is much harder to believe that Sir Adam and friends can draft the SAS to help fight the epic battle between good and evil that climaxes the book.

Despite the somewhat over the top ending LODGE OF THE LYNX is a fine light read.

5 out of 5 stars

Kept me up all night February 23, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I absolutely loved this book and the series overall. The friendship that develops between Adam and Peregrine is wonderful without being over the top. I particular enjoyed the lack of pages worth of details. I don't care about the color of the leaves, etc. I myuch prefer the dialog between the characters and this series fit that requirement for me.

While there is some mention of girlfriends and wives I was glad that I was subjected to ongoing drama from the usual emotional female. Likewise it was great not to have to deal with an unrealistic, half dressed, woman on horseback weilding a sword that weighs more than her. The main characters through the 4th book are men and we don't get subjected to female hysteria until the 5th book.

A wonderful modern day story about adepts that takes you all over Scotland with a group of handsome, courageous gentlemen who happen to wealthy as well.

5 out of 5 stars

Simply the best June 9, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have just recently finished the series and am fascinated with it still...I am deeply interested in the meta physical studies and this series by kuntz has realy opened my eyes to the possibilities. Though i agree in that some of the characters are a bit shallow... and the conversation is a bit proper and gay a little too much. It was a fascinating series and i hope to read more of kuntz's books. Also i hope she would write a book or two on Sir Adrian Sinclair and Hunting lodge's past, as i never fully understood it...

5 out of 5 stars

Great occult mystery March 18, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I love occult fiction and a friend recommended the Adept series to me because he knew I liked Dion Fortune's fiction. Unlike Fortune's fiction, this novel won't gift you with verses for your rituals, but it certainly captures the feeling of the astral realms and the battle of good versus evil. Okay, so the hero is wealthy and lives a life of luxury we can only imagine, but, hey, this is a fantasy, no? And what better to fantasize than the genteel life of a British gentleman? Even if one is female (like me), one can still fantasize about such privilege. A very good read.

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