Mefisto in Onyx
Category: Novel
Narrator: Unknown
Tags: Novel
The venerable Ellison gives Stephen King and Dean Koontz a run for their money in this unusual love story, his best work in years. The plot concerns narrator Rudy Pairis, who posseses the uncanny ability to jaunt in peoples landscapes, that is, read their minds. In a moment of human weakness, Pairis reluctantly agrees to jaunt in the landscape of serial killer Henry Lake Spanky Spanning, a combination of Jack the Ripper, Charlie Manson, and every other wacko ever known rolled into one, as a favor to his best friend, Ally Roche, who after successfully prosecuting Spanning for 29 murders, has fallen in love with him. Before Spanning fries in the chair, she wants to be sure of his actual guilt or innocence. Once Pairis and Spanning meet, the story kicks into high gear, taking the reader on roller coaster maneuvers to arrive safely with the happy yet ironic ending of which Ellison is a master. While this is well worth purchasing, note that a slightly shorter version of the story appeared i
