The Mark On Eve
Joel Fox
Bronze Circle Press, Apr 14 2015, $13.99
ISBN: 9780692306192
In 1717 New England, Eve Hale pleads with Tinuba Tam, the Witch of
Cornell Harbor, to save the life of those on board the Zarrago; especially her
beloved Marcus Nash. As the Zarrago
breaks apart killing all on board, raging with jealousy, Tinuba curses Eve to
walk the earth until Marcus kisses her.
In the present Eve Skellar strongly supports California Governor Judith
Rhodes for the presidency. On a campaign
stop, Eve steps in the way of a cop’s assassination attempt. Miraculously, Eve survives the bullet, but
exposes her almost two century hidden secret; as everyone wants to know more
about this heroic supergirl. Los Angeles
Post reporter Tom Evanger persistently investigates the reluctant but now
famous Eve. After hundreds of years of
watching the oppression and abuse of women and the glass ceiling limiting roles
in support of others, Eve believes in the emancipating importance of Rhodes
becoming the first female president.
The Mark On Eve is an exciting, entertaining suspense that rotates
between the present and several periods in the long life of the heroine; while
making a case for the key societal oppression premise of Joel Fox’s refreshing
paranormal. After centuries of ennui and
horror at her gender’s historical mistreatment, Eve finally found a purpose to
live in Rhodes’ campaign.
Harriet Klausner
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