“Declare” is one of Tim Powers’ books. He’s a great writer. I think that novel may be his most powerful, but I also have a special fondness for “The Drawing of the Dark,” a fantasy novel based on King Arthur travelling to Vienna at the time that the Muslim Turks besieged the city. But all his stuff is good.
You recommended this months ago. No book store had it. Now have a kindle so I will get them tonight....anything else?
I have just finished Dimiter by William Peter Blatty. He is best known as author of the Exorcist. The book is a sort of thriller with religious/mystic overtones. Dimiter is good enough to read, but the story is rather slight and improbable. You put it down in the end thinking ... yes ... but ...