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Riel Hunter: Table of Contents
I. Alone with Revenge
II. The Cause is Greater
III. Live by the Gun, Die by the Gun
- How Riel is thrown into it, and learns he is not alone.
Riel's girlfriend is turned to a vampire, and is tasked to akill all of her living ties (family, friends, etc.) She is enthusiastic, but for some reason spares Riel. Through anger and dreams, Riel is encouraged to seek revenge. he is motivated and strangely lucky, and has some success. - How Riel learns he is alone.
Though luck is with him, Riel is busted during a slaying, and thrwn in the pokey. He is questioned by Lorelei but released by Katherine, and she uses her connection to erase his past. Riel dreams of Eva, who tells him not to trust Katherine. Katherine arms Riel and sets him on a path, but asks a price. - How Riel's success is a failure.
Katherine's path involves slaying the seven generations above Melody - that will give her the choice to free herself. Really, Katherin is only using Riel for very potent food and to create a power vacuum that she can fill. When Melody's sires are killed, she does get a choice - to free herself from Riel, which she takes. Katherine spirits herself away, leaving Riel alone and weeping.
II. The Cause is Greater
- How Riel receives training.
Though Riel is in despair, his jihad continues. Dreams from Eva keep him afloat until he starts to find his comrades - Jonas, Lorelai, and Emmett. Jonas leads Riel through the fires and provides balance against Katherine's taunts and teasings. Jonas pays for Riel's enrollment in Duckworks. - How Riel finds Religion.
Riel trains at Duckworks alongside terrorists and vamps, but what he learns is worth the moral stalemate. Jonas disappears amidst mystery. With training in meditation come more and more dreams of Eva, which illuminate Riel's identity and mission, and he feels a heavy, lonely weight. Jonas appears agains amids the death of the vamp trainees, and Duckworks is destroyed. - How Riel finds peace in turmoil.
As Riel and Jonas bloom like a flower in the midst of the vamp ranks, doppling their commercial empire and exposing their infiltration in world politics, Riel is guided by Eva to the understanding that she, Adam, and God himself have full faith that no task has been given that he cannot complete, and peace and comfort take him.
III. Live by the Gun, Die by the Gun
- How Riel has his revenge.
This is a story of guerilla war. The vamp empire collapse has left nations unbalanced, though no major nations themselves have fallen, vampire leadres leave gaps in power. Threats of nuclear war and consipiracy loom on the horizon. Riel's underground army rises against the three major clans, and he brings them down. He is thrown into the spotlight, and is thought by some to be the antiChrist, and by others to be a new saviour. He is briefly named king of Brazil. - How Riel finally succeeds.
Amist the wars, Riel seeks out melody. Once again she has a choice, but now it is because Riel can give it to her. She is released, and Jonas dies. Riel turns his attentions toward using his influence to restore world order. - How Riel learns to let go.
Riel's frustration and despair return when his attempts at politics only lead to more death and instability. Eva appears to him with a vision of the future - she shows him that his taks is done, then takes him back to meet David.
// posted by Wray Davis @ 6:59 PM 
