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Ghostlight
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Ghostlight is a 2022 ghost novel by Kenneth Oppel.Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell—or were they pushed?—remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day....Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn’t actually believe in ghosts—until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand.The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from “the wakeful and wicked dead�—malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But the Order has disappeared, and Viker’s ghost is growing ever stronger.Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls...Not to be confused with the book Ghost Light by Clare McNally. | |
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Human Shield | |
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Human Shield: Viker uses Tommy Flynn as one when the heroes attempt to use the ghostlight on him. | |
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Parents in Distress | |
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Parents in Distress: Rebecca seeks to free her father's ghost, who has been devoured by Viker. Later, Gabe attempts the same when Viker devours his own father. | |
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The Order | |
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The Order: The Order, a secret society of keepers dedicated to protecting the world from wicked spirits since the time of ancient Greece. | |
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Gender-Equal Ensemble | |
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Gender-Equal Ensemble: The main group of heroes consist of Gabe and Yuri (male) and Callie and Rebecca Strand (female). | |
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See the Invisible | |
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See the Invisible: Ghosts can become visible by clasping with the living, or through the use of ghostlights and light launchers. | |
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I'm a Humanitarian | |
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I'm a Humanitarian: Viker is a cannibal ghost — a ghost who eats other ghosts. | |
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Multi-Armed and Dangerous | |
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Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Viker grows numerous limbs as a result of devouring so many ghosts, which he uses to combat the heroes. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Gabe's father left to be with another woman, and then got run over by a car while texting. Gabe both misses his father while also resenting him for leaving them, feeling that he didn't care about them. | |
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The Dreaded | |
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The Dreaded: In life, Viker was so bloodthirsty and insatiable in battle that even his fellow soldiers feared him. In death, he's this to the Order, being considered their biggest threat. | |
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Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: Viker mistreats Tommy Flynn when the two partner up, even using him as a Human Shield against the ghostlight's power. Upon amassing his army of ghosts, Viker notes his intention to use some of them as food, devouring an electrician ghost. When the heroes are tearing him apart with the ghostlight, Viker devours fistfuls of his own followers in an attempt to replenish himself. | |
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Spooky Séance | |
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Spooky Séance: Gillian Shaw regularly hosts seances using the ghostlight, which allows her to see and speak to the dead. Gabe and Rebecca end up infiltrating one of her seances in order to steal the ghostlight, with Viker and Tommy Flynn staging an attack with the same intentions. | |
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Hostage for MacGuffin | |
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Hostage for MacGuffin: Viker captures the ghost of Gabe's father, threatening to devour him if Gabe doesn't hand over the ghostlight. Gabe attempts to, but Rebecca intervenes, prompting Viker to follow through on his threat. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: One of the ghosts Viker devours is that of four-year-old Charity Bowles. | |
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Electromagnetic Ghosts | |
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Electromagnetic Ghosts: One of Rebecca's primary means of communicating with the living group is through Gabe's phone, sending text messages and emojis. | |
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The Dragon | |
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The Dragon: Tommy Flynn becomes this to Viker in exchange for the latter not devouring him. | |
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Friendly Ghost | |
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Friendly Ghost: The heroes come across several throughout the novel, who even help combat the wicked ghosts. Rebecca herself is mostly this, though she has a wicked temper. | |
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Disney Villain Death | |
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Disney Villain Death: Both Rebecca and her father were killed by Viker tossing them off the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse. | |
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Robbing the Dead | |
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Robbing the Dead: Gillian Shaw acquired the ghostlight from her deceased great-grandfather Edward by grave-robbing his crypt. | |
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Ghastly Ghost | |
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Ghastly Ghost: The wakeful and wicked dead, ghosts who died filled with hatred and seek to harm the living. Viker is the worst of them. | |
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Life Drain | |
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Life Drain: Ghosts can suck the life energy from humans by clasping with them. Edward Shaw was killed by over thirty ghosts clasping with him at the same time. | |
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Karmic Death | |
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Karmic Death: Viker, who's spent his entire undeath eating other ghosts to gain power, ends up devoured himself by Tommy Flynn, his lackey who he mistreated and attempted to devour previously. | |
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness | |
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Viker devours one of his ghostly underlings the moment they're done repairing the ghastlight's beacon on the lighthouse. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Captain Nicholas Viker, the ghost responsible for Rebecca and her father's murder, and in the present seeks the ghostlight to use its power for nefarious purposes. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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Karma Houdini: Tommy Flynn, who aided in Viker's plot and previously devoured Edward Shaw's ghost, not only gets off scot-free by the end, but takes the ghastlight with him. | |
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Creepily Long Arms | |
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Creepily Long Arms: Viker has these, which he uses to attack his victims even when not being in the same room as them. | |
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Blood Knight | |
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Blood Knight: Viker fought in numerous battles across his lifetime, with it being mentioned that he likely didn't care which side he was fighting on, as long as he was fighting. At one point, he fondly recalls the battlefields of his past, referring to it as "wonderful carnage". | |
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Soul Eating | |
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Soul Eating: Viker cannibalizes other ghosts in order to become more powerful. | |
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Ghost Invasion | |
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Ghost Invasion: Toronto gets subject to this when Viker uses the ghastlight to summon and empower the wakeful and wicked death and unleashes them to wreak havoc. | |
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Ghostly Chill | |
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Ghostly Chill: Ghosts are frequently noticed to have an icy touch. | |
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Ghostly Goals | |
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Ghostly Goals: Rebecca seeks to defeat Viker as well as free her father's ghost, who is trapped inside of him. | |
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Energy Absorption | |
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Energy Absorption: Ghosts can draw upon a living person's energy via clasping with them. | |
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Broken Bird | |
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Broken Bird: Rebecca Strand was murdered at a young age, was forced to watch her father be killed and have his ghost devoured, and has spent centuries as a ghost with very little contact. This has left her bitter, short-tempered and vengeful against Viker, while also resenting that she never got to live a full life. | |
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The Ghost King | |
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The Ghost King: Viker becomes this after turning the ghostlight into a ghastlight and using its power to bend the other ghosts to his will. | |
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Just Desserts | |
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Just Desserts: Viker ends up devoured by his own dragon at the end of the novel. | |
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Calling the Old Man Out | |
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Calling the Old Man Out: Gabe does this to his father's ghost over him leaving him and his family in favor of a new lover, though it does end in a reconciliation. | |
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Gunman with Three Names | |
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Gunman with Three Names: One of the ghosts the heroes encounter is an aggressive duelist named Malcolm Macbeth MacCready. He puts his skills to use near the climax, helping to take out several of Viker's underlings. | |
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Climbing Climax | |
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Climbing Climax: The final battle takes place at the top of the CN Tower. | |
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Downer Beginning | |
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Downer Beginning: The novel opens with Rebecca and her father being murdered by Viker. | |
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Weakened by the Light | |
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Weakened by the Light: Ghosts can be harmed and destroyed by the ghostlight, and later by the light launchers invented by Yuri, though powerful ghosts, such as Viker, can resist its effects to an extent. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: Not only did Viker kill Rebecca's father (and her), he also devoured his ghost. Part of Rebecca's Unfinished Business is freeing the trapped soul of her father from Viker. | |
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