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Nightmare By Steven Harper. Harper's second novel about the Silent--
telepaths who communicate through dreams,
as in Australian aboriginal myths--takes former
slave Kendi Weaver to the Silent haven, the
planet Bellerophon. It isn't a paradise for
him, and only partly because he has to
adjust to being free and surrounded by fellow
Silent. A serial killer is on the loose, and
Weaver is quickly sucked into the manhunt.
That involves entering the victims' dreams, and
as the killer continues terrorizing and torturing,
Weaver's consequent experience of those dreams
endangers his sanity. Nightmare is more
character-centered than Dreamer (2001),
with Bellerophon rather relegated to the background.
The real heart of the story consists of Weaver's
nightmarish journeys in the victims' dream world,
which he must endure long enough to find clues
to the murderer's identity. A thoroughly solid
sequel, highly recommended to those who
enjoyed its predecessor
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