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The Trine #1
Hell on Earth
A MAN. A DEMON. AN ANGEL.
WILL THEY SAVE THE WORLD . . .
OR DESTROY IT?
In a Greenwich Village townhouse, a mysterious man named Colin, an orphan raised by sorcerers skilled in dark magic, awakens to find the talisman known as the Trine missing from its place of safekeeping--and an angel named Zoel impatiently ringing his doorbell.
In the death chamber of the Oregon Federal Penitentiary, Liz Russell, author of a bestseller on the serial killer called the Maneater, watches her subject receive the lethal injection that will end his life. But the Maneater has sworn that she will be his next victim--even if he has to claw his way up from Hell.
And in an Alabama backwoods clinic, a young girl gives birth to something monstrous and unholy, something that thirsts not for mother's milk, but for the blood of all that lives . . .
Now it's up to Colin, with the assistance of Zoel and the demon Asdeon-- aiding Colin for his own sinister purposes--to recover the Trine before its awesome power can be used to spark Armageddon. It's a struggle that Liz will find herself part of as well, whether she likes it or not. The only trouble is, without the Trine, Colin's magic is no match for that of his enigmatic adversary. And Zoel can be trusted no more than Asdeon to avert an apocalypse that may be as much God's plan as the Devil's desire.
WILL THEY SAVE THE WORLD . . .
OR DESTROY IT?
In a Greenwich Village townhouse, a mysterious man named Colin, an orphan raised by sorcerers skilled in dark magic, awakens to find the talisman known as the Trine missing from its place of safekeeping--and an angel named Zoel impatiently ringing his doorbell.
In the death chamber of the Oregon Federal Penitentiary, Liz Russell, author of a bestseller on the serial killer called the Maneater, watches her subject receive the lethal injection that will end his life. But the Maneater has sworn that she will be his next victim--even if he has to claw his way up from Hell.
And in an Alabama backwoods clinic, a young girl gives birth to something monstrous and unholy, something that thirsts not for mother's milk, but for the blood of all that lives . . .
Now it's up to Colin, with the assistance of Zoel and the demon Asdeon-- aiding Colin for his own sinister purposes--to recover the Trine before its awesome power can be used to spark Armageddon. It's a struggle that Liz will find herself part of as well, whether she likes it or not. The only trouble is, without the Trine, Colin's magic is no match for that of his enigmatic adversary. And Zoel can be trusted no more than Asdeon to avert an apocalypse that may be as much God's plan as the Devil's desire.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 2001
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About the author
Michael Reaves
130 books211 followersMichael Reaves is an Emmy Award-winning television writer and screenwriter whose many credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Twilight Zone, Batman: The Animated Series, and Gargoyles. His novels include the New York Times bestseller STAR WARS: Darth Maul- Shadowhunter and STAR WARS: Death Star. He and Neil Gaiman cowrote Interworld. Reaves has also written short fiction, comic books, and background dialogue for a Megadeth video. He lives in California.
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June 3, 2015
Hell on Earth was exactly the book I was looking for. Extremely well written. It is in-depth without dragging out into an extremely long book. Mesmerizing. Each chapter has its own cliffhanger! The plot twisted and turned from the very first page. It had three separate stories going in simultaneously that while you are caught up into each one, you don’t find out what the connection is until the very end. To keep it real, it is heavy on the movie references, mostly horror movies, which I was able to follow along okay with yet there is a chance another reader may get lost with these points. The end was a bit of a surprise. Don’t look ahead, you will regret it. If you have not read Michael Reaves, this is a good place as any to start.
December 14, 2017
Not bad for a book about demons and supernatural stuff...
January 27, 2011
I had a hard time connecting with the characters. This is largely due to the fact, I think, that all three of the main characters spend most of the book interacting only with their own thoughts. My favorite fiction is full of great dialogue and secondary characters, and this book just didn't supply either of those things, in my opinion. I found myself quite bored, despite the fast-past nature of the plot.
June 4, 2013
This isn't the kind of book I'd normally pick to read. It has a lot of weird creatures and fantasy type story-line, so I was surprised I liked it as much as I did. There's an angel and a demon working on the same side to help the MC defeat the REALLY bad demon. There's also a body guard and an ex-tabloid writer. The ex-tabloid writer has been stalked by the demon that took the form of a serial killer... It's really well written and the book is less than 300 pages. Nice quick read!
June 3, 2008
Michael Reaves is a very different author and writes a realy good wide selection of books from Star Wars to battles between Heaven and Hell and in this one his characters are witty and he brings back that classic cliche of a Demon on one shoulder and an Angel on the other.
November 26, 2008
Angels, Demons, Missing magic artifacts and Armageddon on the Las Vegas Strip. It's Harry Potter for adults.
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