Essay --- The Reckoning

 Trapped in a house full of old supernaturals, demi-demons and poltergeists. For Chloe, Derek, Simon, and Tori, there was nowhere to turn, and they thought they could trust those people. The adults. The ones that have gone through the modifying and terrifying world of what they are going through. Until breaking into the computer system was the only way to find out the cold, dirty truth. They read the emails, and the people they have know for a while, and trusted, were betraying them. Since they were genetically modified, they are more powerful than the others of their kind. That startled the adults, because they were now ready to kill them. This story The Reckoning by Kelly Armstrong has a lot of action and betrayal, and that is why it is a tragedy.

     In the beginning, they are hiding from people called the Edison Group, with 4 other supernaturals, Gwen, Andrew, Margaret, and Russell. Gwen being a witch, Andrew being a sorcerer, Margaret a necromancer, and Russell is a healer. The story starts out nice, with trust and honesty. But once they start finding out the truth, there is nowhere they can  hide and no one they can trust. For all they knew, anyone could be part of the Edison Group, the ones that tried to kill them. They are scared of them, because of all the power they hold. They are running for their lives. Either they succeed, or die trying.

    The main character, Chloe, seems to have a lot of tragic moments. When she was a graveyard, she warned her trainer about how she could raise the dead. But all Margaret said was, "Oh, you can't raise the dead, silly. You're too young, and your powers are still developing." But later they soon discovered it. When Chloe was trying to pull a spirit through to the real world, she accidentally started to raise an army of dead corpses, all scratching and trying to get out of their coffins. They moved so much that the ground started moving too, and the ground in the cemetery split right through the middle. Later that day, as Chloe and Derek went for a walk in the woods, they were attacked, and almost killed. That was the night Derek killed someone, for the first time, and hopefully the last.

    There are many tragic moments and such included to this book, and that clearly states itself as a tragedy book. All the parts are tragic, actually, with trouble at every corner. Tragedy is what describes it.