battered & bruised & bloody! A graduate of Michigan State University with a master's degree in medieval history from Ohio State University. cause she has special powers! The Rook is the 2012 debut novel of Australian author Daniel O'Malley.

He now works for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, writing press releases for government investigations of plane crashes and runaway boats.“This should be a pleasant little interview. So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. Perhaps I came in upon the UF bandwagon too early or too late, and while I think it's a fairly polished and frankly never ending tale (which I do like, on occasion,) but it just comes across as more secret service urban fantasy schtick. He works for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. "The body you are wearing used to be mine.". Review 'I love The Rook! The spy in question, Myfawany Alice Thomas is one of several fantastical beings who guard unknowing … Son premier roman, The Rook : Au service surnaturel de Sa Majesté (The Rook) est sorti en 2012 et a remporté le prix Aurealis 2012 du meilleur roman de science-fiction. lady wakes in park with no memory! Daniel O'Malley is an Australian science fiction writer. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.Only broad structural similarities - supernatural stuff and secret government agencies. Thoroughly enjoyable, and highly recommended.

The letter offers the young woman (who is thereafter identified in the book as Myfanwy, although she sees herself as a separate person, considering her 'original' self as Thomas) a choice of taking up the life of the woman before her and discovering the identity of the would-be killer, or setting out with a new identity. Secret societies are kind of my fave, and this book builds a GREAT one.

The first one we never officially meet: she exists in the letters (a suitcase full) that she writes to the second Myfanwy-- the one who wakes up with two black eyes and her memory scrubbed. The book follows a young woman in her thirties who wakes up in a park surrounded by bodies wearing latex gloves. Myfanwy Thomas wakes up with a note that says, "This body used to be mine". Read More » Buy the Book. No amount of amnesia gimmicking or clever info-dumps will disguise it for what it is, and I was saddened by the lack of underlying, grab you by the balls, tension.I'm going to have to be honest with this one. Perhaps I came in upon the UF bandwagon too early or too late, and while I think it's a fairly polished and frankly never ending tale (which I do like, on occasion,) but it just comes across as more secret service urban fantasy schtick. Rook Files, The Rook Files. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The tone is a bit hard to grasp, but it's classic British "serious but also cheeky", so once you get on the tricycle you're golden. The first Myfanwy was a The new Myfanwy does show skill at her job and finds she's able to do far more with her powers than her predecessor was, implied to be the result of Thomas' developing psychological blocks on her powers based on the traumatic experiences that activated them and her treatment in the aftermath which Myfanwy has not 'inherited'. The secret Chequey (I love all the chess terms) battle supernatural forces in the world, and this new amnesiac is now fully immersed in it. YEAH! The Rook by Daniel O’ Malley is a startingly well executed and engaging debut novel with a Jason Bourne like spy, but set in a supernatural urban fantasy setting. Start by marking “The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)” as Want to Read: Visit his website at www.rookfiles.com. He then returned to his childhood home, Australia, where he works for the Transport Safety Bureau, writing press releases for … The scar on the inner left thigh is there because I fell out of a tree and impaled my leg at the age of nine.