Following the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted Son of a Trickster
comes Trickster Drift, the second book in Eden Robinson's captivating
Trickster trilogy.
In an effort to keep all forms of magic at bay, Jared, 17, has quit
drugs and drinking. But his troubles are not over: now he's being
stalked by David, his mom's ex - a preppy, khaki-wearing psycho with a
proclivity for rib-breaking. And his mother, Maggie, a living, breathing
badass as well as a witch, can't protect him like she used to because
he's moved away from Kitimat to Vancouver for school.
Even though he's got a year of sobriety under his belt (no thanks to his
enabling, ever-partying mom), Jared also struggles with the temptation
of drinking. And he's got to get his grades up, find a job that doesn't
involve weed cookies, and somehow live peacefully with his Aunt Mave,
who has been estranged from the family ever since she tried to "rescue"
him as a baby from his mother. An indigenous activist and writer, Mave
smothers him with pet names and hugs, but she is blind to the real
dangers that lurk around them - the spirits and supernatural activity
that fill her apartment.
As the son of a Trickster, Jared is a magnet for magic, whether he hates
it or not - he sees ghosts, he sees the monster moving underneath his
Aunt Georgina's skin, he sees the creature that comes out of his bedroom
wall and creepily wants to suck his toes. He also still hears the
Trickster in his head, and other voices too. When the David situation
becomes a crisis, Jared can't ignore his true nature any longer.
