Mulder's obsession with the case is shades of his future determination within both the BSU and X-Files. He has a blind spot for his best friend/sort-of girlfriend, Phoebe, who is very smart, personable and caring in the book. She calms Mulder's chaos, helps to smooth the way and focus his clutter. His other friend, Gimble, plays likes the comic relief, but he works well to balance Mulder (he is the skeptic to Mulder's believer). I also enjoy that Gimble's father introduces Mulder to a lot of his alien theory and that he is a "space" case. The case the three are focused on is creepy, featuring ritualistic murder. I was fooled by the case, linking things that were not necessarily connected. However, that made the novel more enjoyable, because I so easily guess the bad guys in mysteries and thrillers usually. The use of a fantasy novel as one of the main background points had me intrigued, and now I kind of want to read the story (which was not fictionalized for the book, but based on an actual fantasy novel of the era). There were also appearances by X and The Cigarette Smoking Man, who are keeping tabs on Mulder. They are assessing his abilities and watching his investigation into both Samantha's disappearance and the case of the missing children. Again, more background on these important future characters. This was very much an origin story, helping Mulder to choose his future path, which will eventually lead to The X-Files and his partnership with Agent Scully. I am excited to continue the story with the companion novel about Scully.
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