Inā ʻoe i loiloi hou ai ʻo ka novel ragdoll (rag pēpē), na Daniel Cole, ʻike mākou i kēia manawa i kahi puke hou ʻē aʻe i lohi ʻole ma hope o ke ʻano o ke ʻano kupaianaha o ka hewa a me ke kolohe o ka mea pepehi kanaka e hana i ka liturgy o ka make, a i ʻole ka haʻiʻōlelo artistic, a i ʻole kekahi kumu i hiki ʻole ke wehewehe ʻia. pili pono ia i ka hiki i ka noʻonoʻo kanaka ke hāʻawi i ka hewa ke kūleʻa ia i nā hoʻowalewale kahiko a ka diabolō.
I ka hihia o kēia puke Splinters in the Blood, alakaʻi ʻo Ruth Lake i ka hoʻokolokolo e loaʻa ai ka mea pepehi kanaka, kahi ʻano mea hana lole macabre nāna e hoʻopili hou i nā kino ola ʻole o kāna mau mea i hōʻino ʻia i loko o nā mannequins hoʻopailua i kau ʻia ma ko lākou ʻili make e like me ke kātoʻo a i ʻole nā kaha kiʻi i hiki e hana ʻia i nā lole ʻili maoli a ka mea hana lole e hana ai me ka mālama pupule.
Hele pū ʻia ʻo ia me ka hoʻokolokolo e Greg Carver, ka hoa pono e ʻike mau i kahi poʻohiwi e hilinaʻi ai a me wai e ʻākoakoa ai e pili ana i ka modus operandi a hiki i ka wā e lilo ai ka rambling i wili paʻa e huki.
A hiki i ka hihia lawehala ke kuhikuhi i kona manamana lima koko ma Carver kahiko maikaʻi. Hōʻike ka mea hōʻeha hou loa i kahi lā maikaʻi ʻole e kāna wahine ponoʻī, kahi hoʻoweliweli pololei a ikaika hoʻi i ka puʻuwai a me ka manaʻo o ke komisina.
A hāʻule ʻo Carver. Kuhi ʻia ʻo ia, alakaʻi ʻia ʻo ia e nā inavistic instincts o ka luku ponoʻī ʻana, ma waena o nā ʻano hewa maʻalahi kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻopoina i kona kūlana hou ma ke ʻano he papeti i nā lima o ka mea pepehi kanaka kolohe ʻole.
Ke hele ʻo Carver i lalo o kāna mau pilikia ponoʻī, ʻike ʻia ke ʻano o Lake ma kahi ʻole, me he mea lā ke nānā nei ʻo ia iā ia i kēia manawa āpau. Ala aʻe ʻo Carver mai kona ʻike maka ʻole me ka pū pū. Kuhikuhi ʻia ʻo Lake. I loko o kekona kekona o ke komo hou ʻana i loko o ka honua maoli, kaʻi ʻia e ka pono no ke ola, hoʻomaka ʻo Carver e ʻike i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo paʻa ...
ʻO Lake me ia i loko o kona keʻena, ʻo lāua wale nō. Ke loaʻa iā ia ma lalo o ka kaohi, hoʻomaka ʻo Lake e hana e like me lākou i kahi wahi lawehala, holoi wale i nā kuhi kūpono ...
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa Splinters i loko o ke koko, ʻO kā Ashley Dyer puke hou, eia: