Sins of the Fathers is a fiction novel for Wraith: The Oblivion.
Summary[]
From the Back Cover:
- Between Heaven and Hell
- Kirk was an orphan street punk destined for prison-or worse.
- Until he crossed a vicious drug lord and found himself on the wrong side of the line between life and death.
- Here in the Afterlife, all Kirk's sins come alive in the bizarre alter ego known as "Mr. Demon," who torments him with unimaginable terrors. But even Demons have their demons-and when Kirk hooks up with an ancient spirit in the form of a little girl, he finds the courage to reach back toward life and try to help the infant son he left behind.
- Meanwhile, another ghost is stalking him through the Shadowlands. Kirk's on father, a Ranger killed in Vietnam, is seeking him. To fulfill a promise, or complete an ancient curse-
Contents[]
- Chapter One
- Ghost Story: Chains Rattlin' Roof
- Chapter Two
- Ghost Story: Justice Burning
- Chapter Three
- Ghost Story: Inquest
- Ghost Story: The Haunted Gun
- Chapter Four: Travels and Tribulations
- Ghost Story: Hewitt's Folly
- Chapter Five
- Ghost Story: The Swamps of Parris Island
- Chapter Six
- Ghost Story: The Midnight Express
- Chapter Seven: Through the Tempest
- Chapter Eight: The Return of the Firebird
- Afterword
Trivia & Background Information[]
- The cover uses the same art used in the Wraith: The Oblivion Rulebook by Joshua Gabriel Timbrook from page 34.
- The story takes place mainly in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The Mail Order Form and the inside of the Back Cover at the back of the book lists: Such Pain (4/95), Netherworld (6/95), Wyrm Wolf (2/95), Dark Prince (12/94) and Conspicuous Consumption (8/95).
- There are also ads for other HarperPrism books, such as: A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (Ursula Le Guin), Love in Vein (Poppy Z. Brite), Anti-Ice (Stephen Baxter), Small Gods (Terry Pratchett), MtG: Arena (William R. Forstchen), Searoad (Ursula Le Guin), Caliban's Hour (Tad Williams), Wrath of God (Robert Gleason), The X-Files (Charles L. Grant), Dark Prince (See Above) and The Unauthorized Trekkers' Guide To The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine (James Van Hise).
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
- Kirk Rourke - Renegade Wraith, Ferryman, Shadow: Mr. Demon, Eidolon: Firebird
- Sylvie - Aka "Lightbringer," Female Renegade Wraith, Gaunt
- Dread Knight - Hierarch, Legionnaire, Wraith
- James "Greymaster" O'Rourke - Aka "Wolfman" and Jameson O'Rourke, Renegade Wraith, Leader of the Grey Wolves
- Jebediah O'Rourke - Hierarch Wraith, Magistrate
- Mary Riorche - Female Heretic Wraith
- Miss Cindy, "Cynthia" - Female Renegade Wraith, Went to Oblivion
- Duke - Renegade Wraith, Duke's Circle
- Freda - Female Renegade Wraith, Duke's Circle
- Derek - Renegade Wraith, Duke's Circle
- Jojo - Renegade Wraith, Duke's Circle
- Furman - Renegade Wraith, Duke's Circle, Gone
- Adams - Renegade Wraith, Grey Wolf
- Collins - Renegade Wraith, Grey Wolf
- Becker - Renegade Wraith, Grey Wolf
- Grim - Wraith, Gone
- Meany - Wraith, Clown
- Rick Lehrer - Wraith, Kirk's Buddy
- Shaw - Hierarch Wraith, Monitor, Doctor
- Sophia - Female Hierarch Wraith
- Jessie - Female Wraith
- Proud Susie - Female Wraith, Owner of Susie's Bar, Sent to Oblivion
- Blind Louie - Wraith, Musician, Band
- Willie Whistle - Wraith, Musician, Band
- Bangup Benjamin - Wraith, Musician, Band
- Sharon - Ferryman, Female Wraith
- Sir Alisdair, 'Knight of the Sickle' - Hierarch Wraith
- Dr. Teeth - Renegade Wraith, Masquer, Grey Wolf
- Gunter - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Maslow - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- J.W. - Ferryman, Conductor of the Midnight Express, Wraith
- Brenner - Female Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Matron of Fate - Female Wraith
- Gregor - Hierarch Wraith, Monitor
- Jacko - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Fritz - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Harlan - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Dean - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Kribbs - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Rogers - Renegade Wraith, Greywolf
- Alex Heck - Renegade Wraith, Leader of the Greyboys
- Human
- Cindi Staples - Kirk's Girlfriend
- Jo Evans - Kirk's Probation officer, Female Medium
- Ms. Martin - Science Teacher
- Griff
- Squire
- Desiree
- J.T. Emerson - Landlord, Possessed by James O'Rourke
- Anna Rourke - Kirk's Little Sister
- Kristy Rourke - Kirk's Older Sister
- Rosario - Drug Dealer
- Richard - Works for Rosario
- Big John - Possessed, Died
- Tony - Possessed, Died
- Kirsten - Possessed, Died
- Monica - Possessed, Died
- Captain Watson
- Sergeant Bailer
- Sergeant Brian Whittaker
- Jeb M. Rourke - Kirk's and Cindi's Son
- Beau
- Simone
- Mr. Hewitt - Died
- Mama Rourke - Kirk's Mom
- Aunt Sara - Kirk's Aunt
- Clarice
Terminology[]
Anacreon, Anacrean of War, Arcanos, Argos, Artifact, Artificer, Asia, Atlanta, Atlanta Necropolis, Aura, Barghests, Barrow-Flame, Catharsis, Caul, Centurion, Ceremony of Initiation (Grey Wolves), Chains, Charon, Charon's Code, Children of the Grand Dragon/Sons of the Dragon (Renegade Group), Circle, Citadel, Civil War, Consorts, Corpus, "Cruise Ship Oblivion", Crystal Sphere, The Curse of the Dead, Darksteel, Dead, Death-Horse, Death-lands, Decatur (Location), Dictum, Discorporated, Domem, Doppelganger, Dragons (Mortal Gang), Drones, Duke's Circle (Group), Eidolon, Enfant, Enshroud, esprit d'corps, Fatalism, Fate, Ferryman, Fetter, Fetterless, Final Death, Firebird, Five Points Station, Flicker, Fort Gillem, Fox Theatre (Haunt), Gaunt, Georgia, Ghost, Great War, Greyboys (Renegade Group), Grey Wolves (Renegade Group), Harbingers, Harrowing, Haunt, Hearse Riders (Circle), Heaven, Hell, Hell of Burning Embers, Heretics, Hierarchy, Hiroshima, Horn of the Legions (Artifact), Hungry Snake, I-80 Drive-In, Iwo Jima, Jade Empire, Joe's Bar (Location), Juice, Keening, Korea, 'La Tempest Madrino, the Great Mother of Storms', The Lady of Fate, Legionnaire, Lemure, Lifeweb, Maelstrom, Magistrate, Mask, Masquers, Materialize, Materialized, Meat, Medium, Miami, The Midnight Express (Engine #13), Monitor, Nagasaki, Necropolis, Nihils, Oakland Cemetery (Haunt), Oblivion, Oboli, Onyx Tower, Outrage, Pardoner, Passion, Pathos, Persian Gulf, Plasmic, Possession, Possessors, Psychic, Puppetry, Purgatory, Reaped, Reaper, Relic, Renegade, Restless, Ridden, Royal Pines Trailer Park, Scarletts (Wraith Circle), Shadow, Shadowlands, Shroud, Skeleton, Skinbags, Skinlanders, Skin Puppets, Skinrider, Skinriding, Slumber, Souls, Soulfire, Souled Guns, Souled Weapons, Spectral, Spectres, Spook, Stone Mountain, Stygia, Stygian, Stygian Iron, Sunless Sea, Tempest, Third Great Maelstrom, Thompson Railroad Warehouse (Haunt), Thralls, Underworld, Usury, Vietnam, Warders, World War II, World of Krafft (Meany's Haunt), Wraiths,
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