The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse

I had a lot of fun with this book. It's not perfect. In fact, it has numerous errors that an editor should have caught. The end leaves a lot of loose ends in the narratives. There are way too many narrative POVs. But I really enjoyed it. It takes place in a near future where the US is so polarized by religion that it seems like civil war is about to break out. The majority of schools are Baptist or Wiccan, and Wicca has grown to be almost as huge as Christianity. The Christian right, specifically, the Baptists, have gained much political, military, and social power. So when a series of grizzly ritualistic murders occur, the Baptists wave their flags and get on their high horses that Satan is gaining power and must be defeated. The book won the Gaylactic Spectrum Award in 2000.

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