The Traitors

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Another genius novel in the Darkside series! For followers of the series there is more new places to see and growth of characters new and old. Nighttrap is the third book which should be just as attractive. For anyone not familiar with this series please do get familiar. Great sweet entertainment with this series. This story involved plenty of red herrings so it was impossible to guess what was going to happen next and what the ending might be. And when it came, it was still delightfully unexpected.

No one on the Dial is innocent, all have betrayed someone, been a traitor to someone, and all are paying for their actions. Life on the Dial is slow, existing outside of time, and a sentence on the Dial will last years, hundreds of years in fact. But as long as there are those who are traitors there will be the Dial to punish them, with no chance of escape. But then Adam stumbles across a mystery and he will need all his strength as well as Doughnut's skills to unravel it. And while we're at it, the characters could have used a lot more depth. Oh, and SO MANY things didn't make sense, add up, and/or weren't explained. AND THERE ISN'T EVEN A SEQUEL! Uproar occurred, and Tom spent much of the episode in the firing line. But who actually is Tom Elderfield, the magician causing carnage on The Traitors season one? Here’s all you need to know! How old is he and where’s he from?Jonathan Starling has remained in Darkside with Elias Carnegie. As with the first story in the series, the pair gets drawn into a mystery that soon turns to them trying to solve a murder. They are approached to discover who an unknown victim is. The problem is that the victim was murdered the same way as another infamous member of Darkside society twelve years ago. The first known murder victim had been an heir to the Ripper throne.

Adam was our protagonist and he was such an interesting character. He had betrayed his friend, so already the reader is not sure if they should like him but then you can feel his suffering, you can see he’s trying to reach out to his friend but it doesn’t go the way he planned. Sure, he made a mistake, but doesn’t everyone do that from time to time? Then, as the story progresses and we truly see the full side of Adam, it is hard not to admire him. He has his fears, his flaws and his worries but he is also a strong character, with motivation and a willingness to go that extra step. He cares for his new friends and even if he dies in the process, he will do anything he can to save them. It is clear that Adam is, essentially, a good guy who has just made mistakes that he feels guilty and shameful for but that doesn’t mean he should have been punished, does it? Another character is bookworm who is stays in the library for the whole time and reads books and he is Adam’s new friend too.Nachdem Jonathan und sein Vater nur knapp Vendettas Fängen entkommen sind, hat Jonathan beschlossen, vorerst in Darkside bei Carnegie – seines Zeichens Detektiv und Wermensch – zu bleiben. Er erhofft sich, dort etwas über den Verbleib seiner Mutter herauszufinden, die seit zwölf Jahren spurlos verschwunden ist. The highlight for me has got to be the numerous twists and surprises unveiled in the second half of the book. They were real good ones, I tell you. Other than that, I found "The Traitors" slightly below average, because the whole story didn't seem 'practical' in its own sense. It was like all the bits and pieces didn't add up to be convincing enough for me. I also felt detached from the main character, Adam, and that was a shame. Thank goodness it's a stand-alone though, because I can't imagine having this premise to have a decent sequel. Fans of Darkside will not want to miss Lifeblood, nor will those who enjoyed Foundling by D.M. Cornish, The Emerald Tablet by P.J. Hoover, and Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer.