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Keepers are people who are born with magical powers and who are responsible for keeping a balance between the forces of good and evil in this world. They are described as plumbers, stopping metaphysical leaks. Cousins are people who are born with an awareness of that struggle for balance and who can participate marginally by watching danger spots and summoning Keepers when a 'leak' must be closed. Then there are Bystanders. They are the rest of humanity; people who go through life unaware of any magical forces. One of the cardinal rules is that Bystanders must be protected; not only from harm but also from any knowledge of magic. Claire Hansen, a powerful Keeper, has taken great care to live by those rules all of her life. The world is seriously awry if she is traveling the roads, looking for metaphysical leaks to plug, in the company of a Bystander. She is. The Bystander's name is Dean McIssac. He is younger than she, he is a good and considerate man, he is willing to stand with her against any foes, and he is driving her crazy. Claire is positive that his willingness to help is going to land him in the middle of a magical battle. When it does, he will have no defenses and she will end up watching him die. Rather than living through that, she sends him away. Claire's younger sister Diana, who, in the way of younger siblings, promises to eventually be even stronger than Claire, is in High School. Diana is bored and not entirely used to her power. Try as she might odd things are always happening around her. Recently she tried to something that seemed both beneficial and innocuous. Diana helped decorate for the school dance and incorporated a little magic into the decorations. She created a sort of amplification spell, meant to absorb good feelings, amplify them slightly, and scatter them over the crowd of High School kids. It was a great success; everyone at the dance had a lovely time. Then Diana went home without dismantling it. In her town anything that amplifies magic, even good magic, is a dangerous thing. This is a fun read. It gets surprisingly philosophical as Diana struggles with questions about the nature of good, evil, and humanity.
Reviewed by Jill Long, February 2004
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