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Mystical Paths is the story of Nicholas Darrow, son of Jonathon Darrow and inheritor of his psychic abilities. More so than the other books in the series this reads as a thriller as much as melodrama.

Mystical Paths is the story of Nicholas Darrow, son of Jonathon Darrow and inheritor of his psychic abilities. Susan Howatch has a unique formula in her writing that is intensely readable while being satisfying to the mind and heart. In this story Nicholas becomes increasing preoccupied with the death of golden boy Christian Aysgarth, even while succumbing to the temptations to abuse his psychic gift. As he is increasingly drawn away from God, he flirts with madness and encounters unexpected evil.

Like islands of an archipelago, joined together underneath the sea that separates them, we are knit together by invisible and unconscious ties. e Evangelist 1935-1985 The River Within I At once I remembered the instruction to keep running so I stumbled on down the path, but I tried hard to see where he was hiding. Even if he had been sheltering behind the row of stakes which supported peas in summer he would still have been visible in that black and white habit, and nowhere else offered any hope of concealment.

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Mystical Paths - Susan Howatch.

Susan Howatch (born 14 July 1940) is a British author. Her writing career has been distinguished by family saga-type novels which describe the lives of related characters for long periods of time. Her later books have also become known for their religious and philosophical themes. Born Susan Elizabeth Sturt in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, she was the daughter of a stockbroker, and went to school at Sutton High School

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Susan Howatch Mystical Paths. failing has been the pride and egoism with which he aggrandizes himself, using his powers with aggressive or complacent self-assertion instead of using them in humble dependence. The library, a long room lined with unreadable books and cases of stuffed fish, was part of my territory, although Rowena and Agnes were allowed in to clean it. Here I received visitors.

No writing today can equal Howatch's ability to write compelling novels that combine theology and .

No writing today can equal Howatch's ability to write compelling novels that combine theology and psychology in a complex, fast-moving plot offering beautifully delineated characters and the suspense of a mystery/thriller. Told with all the drama, intelligence, and emotional depth we have come to expect from Susan Howatch, Mystical Paths is a breathtaking novel about the powerful, often painful, but finally indestructible ties between parent and child. And like its four highly praised predecessors in the Church of England series, it is a novel that celebrates the redeeming power of self-knowledge and faith. Intelligent, compelling, and fascinating. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The author’s most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century.

About Mystical Paths. No writing today can equal Howatch’s ability to write compelling novels that combine theology and psychology in a complex, fast-moving plot offering beautifully delineated characters and the suspense of a mystery/thriller. The denouement will leave readers breathless.