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Harrison 's world development and character development continue to impress in Black Magic Sanction. Harrison explains more of the connection between the real world and the Ever After. Main character, the bounty hunter witch Rachel Morgan, finds herself coming to terms with her demon mentor, Al. While she still grieves the loss of her love, the twice-dead vampire Kisten, she evaluates whether or not she is ready or capable of trusting and loving again.
The pace starts off fast and furious and continues straight up through the end. If you were hoping that Rachel may just finally catch a break, this may not be the book for you. She finds herself in a showdown with The Coven, the governing body of witches who shunned her for practicing black magic. Though they are technically committed to practicing only white magic, their means make them no less dangerous. Because of her abilities and her relationship to demons, The Coven attempt to lock her away in the newly renovated witch prison of Alcatraz, guarded by violent guards who feed the inmates food that is drugged, threatening a lobotomy if she does not get in line. I jerked back, but her fingers brushed mine. A twinge of ley-line energy threatened to equalize between us, strong and tingly. Hand pressed to my chest, I stared, shocked. She had a whopping big chunk of ever-after energy in her chi. Tons more than the average person could hold. Who in hell is this woman?
The black magician is, quite simply, a person who wants power for him/herself, or self-aggrandizement. They want to be able to vent their spite on enemies and to satisfy all of their desires. A magician may summon the Devil or one of his demons and remain a white magician, so long as the purpose for the summoning is benevolent. Black magicians are usually defined as those who made a pact with the Devil. They invoke diabolic and infernal powers for their personal use and gain; in short, a perversion of legitimate mystic science.
"In Black Magic human perversity found the means of ministering to its most terrible demands and the possible attainment of its darkest imaginings. To gain limitless power over god, demon and man; for personal aggrandizement and glorification; to cheat, trick and mock; to gratify base appetites; to aid religious bigotry and jealousies; to satisfy public and private enmities; to further political intrigue; to encompass disease, calamity and death —these were the ends and aims of Black Magic and its followers. "
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