Book Overview
Down by the river, the first to go missing were not much lamented. Disappearances of homeless men foraging through trash or nuisance skater kids who rolled their boards along the planked piers at night were not noteworthy enough to delay the city's development projects.
But deep beneath the riverbank, the evidence of a terrible crime has been covered up twice. When a TVA dam falters and the river swells, panic rises downtown. As the Tennessee creeps over its banks, it dredges up death from its own polluted bed. Twenty-nine victims of a long-ago slaughter walk when the water rises, patrolling the banks and dragging the living down to a muddy grave. No one remembers how they died and no one knows what they want. Some secrets are never washed away. Instead they are patient, biding their time. They wait for the water to lift them so they can prowl for the justice that was denied them ninety years ago. But in ninety years a city's shape changes, and where justice can no longer be found, vengeance may have to suffice. The city of Chattanooga is about to learn a terrible truth about the things a river can and cannot hide.... And reluctant medium Eden Moore may be the only one who can dissuade the twenty- nine bodies from adding hundreds of its citizens to their ghastly ranks. Not Flesh Nor Feathers is a stand-alone sequel to Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Wings to the Kingdom.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0765313103
ISBN13:9780765313102
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL
Length:368 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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5 ratings
The best of the trilogy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Easily my favorite of the Eden Moore trilogy, I found this one to be the scariest of the three, but also much more "fun" and all-around entertaining.
A fantastic finish to a great trilogy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Prepare to be up all night! Three times in a row, Priest has written a book I couldn't put down. Once again she has woven a fantastic storyline for our heroine. The story flows beautifully, is easy to read but not 'dumbed down', is realistic(as realistic as river zombies can be, at least!), and keeps you guessing from page to page. I highly recommend this, as well as her other 4 novels!
Not Flesh Nor Feathers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I was so sad to see the Eden Moore trilogy come to a close, but Not Flesh Nor Feathers was a wonderful way to end. The book had just the right amount of creepy and just the right amount of adventure. It was a delight to get lost in the pages and follow Eden on her adventure. I have thrust this series on all of my book loving friends. If you like tales of things that go bump in the night, pick up a Cherie Priest book. You will not be disappointed.
Great fun
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The other reviewers tell the basic outline of the book. I love Cherie Priest's Eden Moore novels, each one gets better and better. Personally, I find them fascinating, and not at all creepy: Stephen King is the master at that.
A wonderful creepy tale!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Cherie Priest has hit this one solidly over the fence. The pacing is impeccable and intense, keeping you sucked solidly into Eden Moore's world. While it isn't absolutely necessary to have read Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Wings to the Kingdom to get into Not Flesh Nor Feathers, it will certainly make some passing references easier to understand. As with the other two Eden Moore books, NFNF opens with a ghost. Lest readers of the other two books think they know where things are going, however, the story rapidly builds and takes a hard left turn into rising waters and the problems (not all of them mundane) that come with the river's encroachment into town. The novel is so realistically done that the supernatural elements slot naturally and easily into place, making suspension of disbelief and complete immersion in the story easy. Definitely Priest's best book yet, and I'm looking forward to future books as I suspect she's going nowhere but up from here.
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