Exiled from heaven, a lost soul seeks her soulmate ... Age 13+ Mercy 'wakes' on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business - or thinks they do. But they will never guess the secret Mercy is hiding .... As an angel exiled from heaven and doomed to return repeatedly to Earth, Mercy is never sure whose life and body she will share each time. And her mind is filled with the desperate pleas of her beloved, Luc, who can only approach her in her dreams. In Paradise, Mercy meets Ryan, whose sister was kidnapped two years ago and is now presumed dead. When another girl disappears, Mercy and Ryan know they must act before time runs out. But a host of angels are out for Mercy's blood and they won't rest until they find her and punish her - for a crime she doesn't remember committing ... An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major new series.

レベッカ・リムが描く本作は、天使というモチーフを通じて「自己の不在」と「魂の彷徨」を綴った抒情的な物語です。他人の体に宿り、断片的な記憶に翻弄される主人公の孤独は、アイデンティティに揺れる読者の心に突き刺さります。静謐ながら熱を帯びた文体が、ファンタジーの枠を超えた文学的な深みを生み出しています。 閉鎖的な町での事件と天界の追跡劇が交錯する構成も見事です。理不尽な運命に抗い、真実の愛を求めて彷徨う彼女の姿は、私たちの奥底にある「自分は何者か」という問いを鮮烈に呼び覚まします。魂の深淵に触れる、至高のゴシック・ロマンスです。