Today's post is on The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate by Jonathan Maberry. It is 352 pages long and is published by Imprint. The cover is dark with X made out of different objects likes nails or hammers. The intended reader is someone who is a fan of the X-Files. There is no foul language, no sex, and mild violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of Scully mostly but with some scenes from other characters to add to the plot. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the dust jacket- The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate will explore the teen years of Dana Scully, the beloved character depicted in the cult-favorite TV show The X-Files. Her story is set in the spring of 1979, when serial murder, the occult, and government conspiracy were highlighted in the news. The book will follow Scully as she experiences life-changing events that set her on the path to becoming an FBI agent.Fifteen-year-old Dana Scully has bigger problems than being the new girl in school. Dana has always had dreams. Sometimes they’ve even come true. Until now, she tried to write this off as coincidence. But ever since her father’s military career moved the family across the country to Craiger, Maryland, the dreams have been more like visions. Vivid, disturbing, and haunted by a shadowy figure who may be an angel . . . or the devil.
When a classmate who recently died in a car accident appears before Dana, her wounds look anything but accidental. Compelled by a force she can’t name, Dana uncovers even more suspicious deaths?and must face the dangerous knowledge that evil is real.But when a betrayal of faith makes her question everything, she begins to put her faith in being a skeptic.
Review- The second origins book is just as much fun as the first one. We start with Scully still getting used to her new town. Scully and her older sister Melissa are the new girls but other than that everything is okay, not great but okay. Scully has been having very intense dreams and then she has a vision of a murdered girl and of course no one really believes her. That spurs her into action and the plot gets going from there. Maberry clearly knows and loves The X-Files and he brings that to this book. With that he uses the plot to capture the feelings of an X-File case with lots of questions and information but no clear answers and shadowy people in the background running the show. I enjoyed seeing a young Scully begin to questions everything including herself and where those questions took her. I hope that we can get more origins books because these two were really great.
I give this novel a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this book with my own money.
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