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This is Peregrine's Tale. The conclusion to the award-winning Timmy Quinn series. Now, the Curtain has come down and the dead no longer need him to facilitate their vengeance. As the air turns amber, the shadows deepen, and murderous revenants begin to stalk the streets, Tim and the woman he loves must race to find Peregrine, the man they believe responsible for the sundering of the veil between the living and the dead.
While the sins of the past intertwine with the present and vicious entities old and new arise to claim dominion, Tim must learn the secrets of The Stage and uncover the genesis of those who created it before The Stage becomes all there is. But just as there are enemies in Tim's dark new world, so too are there allies: The Conduits, people possessed of similar gifts who share a common goal: In the final battle, Tim will fight not only for the woman he loves and the life she carries within her, but for the very fate of mankind.
It is a battle that will transcend realms, cost lives, and at last bring Tim Quinn face to face with his nemesis. Customer reviews There are no customer reviews yet. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Biography Born and raised in a small harbor town in the south of Ireland, Kealan Patrick Burke knew from a very early age that he was going to be a horror writer. The combination of an ancient locale, a horror-loving mother, and a family full of storytellers, made it inevitable that he would end up telling stories for a living.
Since those formative years, he has written five novels, over a hundred short stories, six collections, and edited four acclaimed anthologies. Kealan has worked as a waiter, a drama teacher, a mapmaker, a security guard, an assembly-line worker at Apple Computers, a salesman for a day , a bartender, landscape gardener, vocalist in a rock band, curriculum content editor, fiction editor at Gothic. When not writing, Kealan designs book covers through his company Elderlemon Design. A number of his books have been optioned for film.
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Click here Would you like to report this content as inappropriate? View all 4 comments. Sep 13, Jody rated it really liked it Shelves: Kealan Patrick Burke finishes his Timmy Quinn series on the edge of a cliff. Now that Timmy is dead no spoiler there since it's in the title we wonder what will happen with Kim and their daughter. Watch out because that's where he sets the hook for his next series of stories. This series didn't end like I had hoped it would.
I know the title lets me know what is probably going to happen but I kept reading hoping that it would all work out.
Now let me say that there are those books that do not e Kealan Patrick Burke finishes his Timmy Quinn series on the edge of a cliff. Now let me say that there are those books that do not end like you wanted them to and you get upset about it and refuse to read that author's work again. This book didn't end like I wanted it and I'm all right with that because it ended so well, and I want to read more of Burke.
If you ever get to see a picture of Burke you will notice he has these haunted eyes that makes you think he has seen the things he writes about. Also, there are those books that you know how they will end but you keep reading because the story has taken over your mind and that is all you can think of. This series will consume you. If his other work is like this, then why haven't we heard more about Burke?
I am so glad I stumbled across this guy. I hope the library will get some of his stuff in because I want more Burke. Then, I put off reading it for no good reason I can think of. Anyway, reading it now! A fitting end to the Turtle Boy series that answered a lot of questions going all the way back to the start of the saga.
It moved quickly even though I was intentionally trying to slow it down and savor the final chapters. The ending left a lot of room to continue the story and I will be anticipating its release. Dec 11, Heidi Ward rated it it was amazing Shelves: I will review all 5 Timmy Quinn books together, shortly. Feb 24, Susan rated it really liked it.
A fitting end to the Timmy Quinn series. Answers to several questions about previous events and an ending that is not final. Oct 05, Lorraine Versini rated it it was amazing. I finished the novel a few weeks ago now, I still don't know how I'm going to review it.
I don't know why, but I have that image of a dot to dot drawing when I think of the first four books in the Timmy Quinn series. But the dots are so far apart you don't really know what the final picture is going to be like.
And then Nemesis comes along, and connects everything. And you're like in awe because you have a masterpiece in front of you. Nemesis answers all the questions.
The whats, the whys, the whe I finished the novel a few weeks ago now, I still don't know how I'm going to review it. The whats, the whys, the whens, while injecting a whole new "story" in the bunch. A story which has nothing to do yet everything to do with Timmy. And it's tied in so well with the whole Timmy plot, that it makes the reader wonder if Mr Burke had this planned right from the start, or if it came along afterwards but the author very skillfully put the pieces together. It's the perfect ending to the series.
It's quite a ride! And so it comes to pass, the journey of darkness begetting darkness and even the hero's light being shaded by vengeance in the end. The journey through Stage Whispers culminating in Nemesis was extraordinary. I found myself caught up in weeping as much for the thugs as the victims. The criminals acts begging what had gone so wrong in their lives to create such damage.
The victims, I chastised, when they chose vengeance, because it made them no better than those they sought to retaliate against y And so it comes to pass, the journey of darkness begetting darkness and even the hero's light being shaded by vengeance in the end. The victims, I chastised, when they chose vengeance, because it made them no better than those they sought to retaliate against yet would we not all choose vengeance if the right act was committed against us.
The confusion of it all when not even a good deed depending on who it was interpreted by went unpunished, did you see that one coming? I ached for Timmy and Kim for the life they would not be able to share and cried for the daughter who would not know her father on this side of the curtain.
KPB does not dissapoint: The combination of an ancient locale, a horror-loving mother, and a family full of storytellers, made it inevitable that he would end up telling stories for a living. Lists with This Book. A movie based on his short story "Peekers" is currently in development as a major motion picture. This work what do you call a series of novels that collectively have the structure of a play? The remains stories are fun and interesting but seem to lack the drive of the original..
I enjoyed this read and will most certainly be reading more by this author. Apr 24, Mike rated it it was amazing. So after 20 years away from the horror genre, I started reading it again.
I hoped to find some fresh new ideas and voices in the genre, and I was not disappointed. I picked up book one in the series Turtle Boy for free on my Kindle, and I was hooked. Burke has a deft mastery of the art that elevates the prose and easily transports you in to Timmy's world.
I quickly bought the rest of the series and was delighted that they lived up to the standard set by the first book. Nemesis was a fitting conclus So after 20 years away from the horror genre, I started reading it again. Nemesis was a fitting conclusion to series with some nice tense moments and plenty of "where is he going to go with this?
My only complaint is that we didn't get to learn more about the other characters who shared Timmy's Curse. One of Burke's strengths in my opinion is his ability to create nice exposition moments that don't disrupt the flow of the book, and I would have loved some flashback chapters on each of them and how they ended up meeting.
Mar 25, Squire rated it it was amazing Shelves: The final chapter in the dark saga of Timothy Quinn begins where Vessels left off. The Curtain has fallen; Quinn and his paramour return from Blackrock Island as the world of the dead and the living are preparing for war. What his and his child's role is to be in the coming conflict is yet to be revealed All of the seemingly disparate elements of the Quinn serial come together in this atmospheric, grotesque, gory, and incredibly dark, yet ultimitaely uplifting novel. Author Kealan Patrick Burke has fashioned out of Quinn not only an anti-hero of epic proportions, but a thesis on the nature of the artist and the lengths he will go for his art.
It's an ending and new beginning that will not disappoint fans of the series. They are collected in Stage Whispers that is out in paperback and ebook. May 15, Denise rated it it was amazing. As the final or is it? I started this series long after all of the books came out so there was no waiting in between to see what happens next.
His ordinary life was abruptly thrown into chaos by the revelation that there exists a separate plane of existence reserved solely for the vengeful spirits of the murdered: Worse, Timmy is a conduit for these monstrous entities, allowing them to walk freely between worlds to exact their brutal vengeance. His search for answers has taken him halfway around the world, forcing him to endure many horrors, among them the revelation that the spiritual realm known as The Stage may have been manmade, and that the dead do not operate of their own free will, but are instead influenced by an enigmatic figure known only as "Peregrine.
But he will learn, and in time, he will come to know Peregrine as an adversary worse than the vengeful dead. This is Peregrine's Tale. About Kealan Patrick Burke. Meet Timmy Quinn, an ordinary eight year old boy enjoying a summer free of school. Until the day he meets a dead boy sitting on the bank of a local pond and his life is thrown into chaotic nightmare that will follow him for the next thirty years of his life as he tries to protect the people he loves.