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The Painseekers
Locked in an eternal war, Aether (Heaven) and Orcus(Hell) are fighting over the ever increasing type of souls known as "The Stranded"- Souls that have committed almost equal amounts of good and evil while alive.
In a war that sees Earth as the unaware battleground for two worlds; the story Revolves around the Hayder- One of Hell's youngest and most successful soldiers and "collector" of Souls, as he rises through the Ranks to become the greatest of his kind- all the while trying to forget the past that stalks him ceaselessly.
In a war that sees Earth as the unaware battleground for two worlds; the story Revolves around the Hayder- One of Hell's youngest and most successful soldiers and "collector" of Souls, as he rises through the Ranks to become the greatest of his kind- all the while trying to forget the past that stalks him ceaselessly.
371 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 16, 2014
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August 8, 2014
This book was absolutely nothing like I imagined it would be and that’s actually a great thing. I expected it to be a bit of fantasy, a bit of fairy tale, and a bit of paranormal; what I got was undoubtedly so much more – within the first few pages there’s an elder spirit in the form of a magnificent battle stallion. That could only mean it would get better, right? RIGHT!! The fact that this book had me rooting for the “bad guys,” literally Lucifer and his team (many times I keep forgetting that they were actually the ones who were supposed to be evil), speaks volumes about the author’s capability as a writer and a true storyteller.
Every character was well developed, the plot was amazing, and the tempo of the book was perfection incarnate. From the beginning there was an air of mystery that kept you engulfed in the story: the hints at what Hayder’s background could be and why he kept Nayesha at a distance when there was an obvious attraction between both of them, but most of all, what could he have possibly done to land him in Orca (Hell) when he practically oozed honor and should have been in Aether (Heaven). I really enjoyed the level of conflict between the Painseekers (the “bad guys”) and the Messiahs (the “good guys”). The plight of Heaven against Hell has been told many times, but undoubtedly never as good as this. The suspense of knowing that eventually Heaven’s best (Julie, The Baronness) and Orca’s best (Hayder, The Shapeshifter) would meet in an epic battle was completely and mind numbingly awesome.
I would definitely recommend this book to others (except young readers due to the nature of some of the more violent and graphic scenes) and I literally cannot wait to read the second book!
Every character was well developed, the plot was amazing, and the tempo of the book was perfection incarnate. From the beginning there was an air of mystery that kept you engulfed in the story: the hints at what Hayder’s background could be and why he kept Nayesha at a distance when there was an obvious attraction between both of them, but most of all, what could he have possibly done to land him in Orca (Hell) when he practically oozed honor and should have been in Aether (Heaven). I really enjoyed the level of conflict between the Painseekers (the “bad guys”) and the Messiahs (the “good guys”). The plight of Heaven against Hell has been told many times, but undoubtedly never as good as this. The suspense of knowing that eventually Heaven’s best (Julie, The Baronness) and Orca’s best (Hayder, The Shapeshifter) would meet in an epic battle was completely and mind numbingly awesome.
I would definitely recommend this book to others (except young readers due to the nature of some of the more violent and graphic scenes) and I literally cannot wait to read the second book!
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