Caravan of Shadows is a Wraith: The Oblivion novel.
Summary[]
From the Back Cover:
- The good news is, there's life after death. However...
- For boxer Joey Castelo, afterlife is a nightmare of slavery and savage gladiatorial combat, as he and his master become members of a traveling troupe that is part of an underworld boxing circuit. While fighting for his identity against his own savage shadow - a symbol of the blind rage which he must learn to forget - Castelo becomes drawn into the dark web of the Shadowlands.
- Joey discovers that the lonely impresario of the troupe has problems of her own, secrets which make her a target for a sinister collection of spectres, vampires, psychics, and exorcists. Soon Joey and his companions are running for their lives, in a desperate odyssey that takes them across America and into the hellish dimensions that lie beyond the Earth.
- The dark side of his soul strives to consume him. The forces of the World of Darkness pursue him. And he still cannot let go of the memories of his mortal life...
Contents[]
- Chapter One - Chapter Fifty
- Epilogue
- About the Author
- Excerpt from Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection, "Paint it Black" (Chapter 3, Page 398-401)
Background Information[]
- "Caravan of Shadows" is the continuation of the short story, "Shackles," from the Death and Damnation anthology.
- The events of the novel take place from November, 1994 to October, 1995.
- Chapter Forty One was printed twice as a printing error in the physical book.
- While never outright stated in the novel, both Joey and Elaine's abilities would make them Sandmen.
- The back of the book has an ad for the Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection (April 1995).
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Joey Castelo - "Peter Wilson" (Fake Identity), Wraith, Elaine's Troupe
- George Montaigne - "Martin Wilson" (Fake Identity), Wraith, Elaine's Troupe
- Clarence - Wraith, Hierarch
- Vincent - Wraith, Hierarch Marshal
- Sarah Castelo - Mortal, Joey's daughter
- Emily Castelo - Mortal, Joey's Wife
- Mark - Mortal, Emily's New Husband
- Marcia O'Hara - Wraith, Hierarch, Overlord of the Skeletal Legion
- Elaine Forrester - "Margaret Elaine Rochelle," Wraith, Heretic, Saint of the Church of the Holy Covenant
- Artie - Wraith, Heretic, Elaine's Troupe
- Lorenzo Orsini, "Larry" - Giovanni Vampire, Owner of the Inferno Hotel
- Kimberly - Wraith, Heretic, Elaine's Troupe
- Chris - Wraith, Heretic, Elaine's Troupe
- Shalom - Wraith, Heretic, Elaine's Troupe
- Mike - Wraith, Heretic, Elaine's Troupe
- Dr. John Henry Holliday - Wraith, Bounty Hunter for the Hierarchy
- Laughing Lady
- Brigham - Mortal kid
- Smiling Lord
- Beggar Lord
- Ashen Lady
- Emerald Lord
- Wally - Ghoul to Larry, Desk Clerk to the Inferno Hotel
- Ben Strickland - Wraith, Heretic, Ran Elaine's Troupe before her
- Clement Purvis - Wraith, Hierarch, Serves the Laughing Lady, Possessing the Governor of Little Rock
- Rick - Wraith, Heretic, Elaine's Troupe
- Nadia - Wraith, Heretic, Elaine's Troupe
- Ambrose Shelley - Wraith, Mercenary Leader, Holliday's associate
- Roger Weiss - Mortal, Holliday's associate, Preacher
- Milo Waxman - Mortal Psychic, Holliday's associate
- Hall - Mortal, Wiess's assistant, Exorcist
- Frink - Mortal, Wiess's assistant, Exorcist
- Rodriguez - Mortal, Exorcist
- Morris - Wraith, Mercenary, Ambrose's team
- Eric Danziger - Spectre, Saint of the Church of the Holy Covenant
- Travanti - Spectre
- Stan - Mortal, Died, David's ex-lover
- David - Mortal, Died
- Beverly - Mortal, Past, Died, Was in love with George Montaigne
- Mr. Hong - Wraith, Renegade Leader, Tong Leader, Serves the Jade Emperor
- Chaoxing - Wraith, Renegade, Harbinger, Serves the Jade Emperor
- Bob Franklin - Mortal, Boxing Coach
- Robert Fitzroy - Wraith, Hierarch, Laughing Lady's emissary and ambassador
- Caroline Teasdale - Wraith, Heretic
- Saundra - Spectre, Travanti's lover
- Pablo - Spectre
Terminology[]
Alcatraz, Anacreons, Angels, Art, Artificers, Aura, Barghest, Blood, Bloodsucker, Boot Hill, Brood, Boulder, Byway, California, Cambodia, Charon, Chicago, China, Chinatown, The Church of the Holy Covenant, Citadel, Clan, Colorado Springs, Corpse, Dallas, Darksteel, Dead, Deadwood, Death, Deathlords, Deathmark, Doomsday, Elaine's Saints and Covenanters (Group), Elder, Exorcism, Exorcist, Far Shores, Fate, Ferryman, Final Death, Flesh Sculptors, Flesh Shaper, Fort Knox, Franklin's Gym (Location), Furnace, Galveston, Ghost, Giovanni, Guild, Guildsman, Halo, Harbinger, Heaven, Helena (Location), Hell, Hellhole, Heretics, Hierarchs, Hierarchy, Houston, Hunger, Illinois, Inferno Hotel (Location: Las Vegas/Casino/Haunt/Lair), Jade Emperor, Juice, Kindred, Kingdom, Labyrinth, Las Vegas, Leadville, Legion, Legionnaire, Little Rock, Marshal, Mask, Missoula, Muir Woods, Necromancers, Nevada, New Jersey, Nhudri, Nightmares, Nihil, Ninth Legion, Oasis, Oblivion, Oboli, Onyx Tower, Overlord, Pardoners, Phantasmal, Phantoms, Phosphorescence, Pioche (Location), Possess, Progeny, Psychic, Purgatory, Quick, Reaper, Regent, Renegades, Restless, Retinue, Ritual Sorcery, Saint, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seat of Succor, Second Death, Sentries, Sergeant, Shadow, Shadowlands, Shroud, Skeletal Legion, Skinlands, Skinlander, Sorcerers, Soul, Spectres, Spirit, Spook, Stigmata, St. Louis, Stygia, Stygian, Stygian Iron, Tempest, Terminal, Texas, Thrall, Tombstone, Transcendentalist, Troupe (Elaine's Group), Undead, Underworld, Utah, Vampire, Vassal, Vietnam, 'Visions of Death, Volume Six' (Video), Vista, Void, Ward, Werewolf, White House, Wraith, Zombies,
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