Review: More of a thriller, than a fantasy!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2012
*** This copy was provided by the author for review purposes ***The Other Covenant is more a thriller, than  a fantasy or a romance novel, and it was undeniably an engaging (although lengthy) read!Long long back, four people with psychic abilities formed an organization to maintain the psychic clan and also to run the U.S. Government - indirectly.  This is called "The Other Covenant".  They maintain certain stringent rules and soon, the organisation was the most secretive, renowned and most feared black magic organization.Elizabeth Mitchell, a psychologist and our protogonist, is a psychic, but not the part of the Covenant.  When one evening, Richard Bennett, the Director of the Covenant, approaches her, seeking her help to protect Althea, Richard's wife, Elizabeth agrees.  That night, Richard died due to heart-attack, but Elizabeth suspects murder.  Elizabeth is bound to her promise that she will protect Althea and in the meanwhile, has to find Richard's murderer and bring justice.Although the psychic abilites mentioned are confusing at first, the author had the ability to turn the readers to the thriller part of the book, so that the psychic things doesn't matter much.  The characters are well-formed and Elizabeth's strength of character, Neil's bravery and love, Althea's innocence were all adorable.  The story telling and plot was simple, but efficient.  There were some looonnnggg places with too many explanations, and I think that dragged me out of the thrill that the author was creating through the plot.  If those were avoided, this book would have been absolute faced-paced thriller.Way to go!  But this is a nice start to a developing series!--More reviews can be found at "[...]".