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Armageddon #2
The Nephilim and the False Prophet
Fueled by brutal, random violence and a worldwide leprosy epidemic, the Earth descends into chaos. Preparing for Armageddon, Hell plans an atrocity called The Slaughter of the Innocents while Heaven’s scattered agents fight a cold war against superstar evangelist Kyle Loubet, who they believe is the False Prophet foretold in the Bible.
The Eremites walk the Earth: black magicians kept alive through unholy relics. Terrible visions assail the world’s remaining psychics, promising an eternal night of blood and fire and endless agony. Caught in the middle, Hector, Ozzie, and Siobhan face terrible dangers from all sides. Now free from their infernal prison, what are the Watcher angels planning? With only days before the Apocalypse, can humanity be saved?
The Eremites walk the Earth: black magicians kept alive through unholy relics. Terrible visions assail the world’s remaining psychics, promising an eternal night of blood and fire and endless agony. Caught in the middle, Hector, Ozzie, and Siobhan face terrible dangers from all sides. Now free from their infernal prison, what are the Watcher angels planning? With only days before the Apocalypse, can humanity be saved?
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374 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 10, 2016
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About the author
David Dubrow
16 books10 followersAlthough Dave’s parents have maintained that he read The Chronicles of Narnia when he was only four years old, he doesn’t remember it, and the only evidence of their claim is his reverence for lions and tendency to get lost for decades of subjective time in wardrobes. Of his later youth little is known and less is spoken of, save for the diving watch incident that still makes his older brother crack up. Despite a love of reading and a family that placed great value on scholarship, his academic career was distinguished by mediocrity; the sheepskin he earned at Temple University should probably have an asterisk on it somewhere.
His Puritan work ethic saw him through years of hard labor in Philadelphia at thankless tasks, and the skills he acquired amaze supermarket cashiers and assistant produce managers even today. Belatedly heeding Horace Greeley’s admonishment to “go west, young man,” he drove his beater in the direction of the setting sun and fetched up at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with few prospects and fewer friends.
It was in Colorado that he found the love of his life and a career in publishing with “the most dangerous press in America,” in reverse order. Over a decade later, he condensed the techniques of combat shooting, knife fighting, martial arts, and survival skills he’d learned first-hand into a book titled, “The Ultimate Guide to Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse.” Lavishly illustrated by a baker’s half-dozen of talented artists, it was written under the pseudonym F. Kim O'Neill and published by Paladin Press in 2010. Scott Kenemore, author of "Zombie, Ohio" and "Zombie, Illinois," called it, "One of the most capable and engaging how-to zombie survival books I've encountered."
Eventually, the stories in his head needed to come out. Eschewing the more old-fashioned technique of trepanning, he instead went digital and began to write e-books. His first novel is titled “The Blessed Man and the Witch.” The beginning of a trilogy about a Biblical apocalypse, it addresses western occultism, angelic phenomena, demonic possession, and the slow dissolution of American society within a credible and original framework.
The sequel to The Blessed Man and the Witch is The Nephilim and the False Prophet. It continues the story of the Earth’s last days, when Hell’s plans come to fruition.
He has also written a Lovecraftian novella for young adults, titled Dreadedin Chronicles: The Nameless City. It features local teen volunteers as supporting characters and has been written in cooperation with the Dunedin Public Library of Dunedin, Florida. The story involves cannibal zombies, a terrible sleeping sickness, and an ancient evil hundreds of millions of years old.
Dave, his wife, and their son now live on the west coast of Florida, swatting alligators and wrestling mosquitoes. He is hard at work on the third and last book in his Armageddon series.
His Puritan work ethic saw him through years of hard labor in Philadelphia at thankless tasks, and the skills he acquired amaze supermarket cashiers and assistant produce managers even today. Belatedly heeding Horace Greeley’s admonishment to “go west, young man,” he drove his beater in the direction of the setting sun and fetched up at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with few prospects and fewer friends.
It was in Colorado that he found the love of his life and a career in publishing with “the most dangerous press in America,” in reverse order. Over a decade later, he condensed the techniques of combat shooting, knife fighting, martial arts, and survival skills he’d learned first-hand into a book titled, “The Ultimate Guide to Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse.” Lavishly illustrated by a baker’s half-dozen of talented artists, it was written under the pseudonym F. Kim O'Neill and published by Paladin Press in 2010. Scott Kenemore, author of "Zombie, Ohio" and "Zombie, Illinois," called it, "One of the most capable and engaging how-to zombie survival books I've encountered."
Eventually, the stories in his head needed to come out. Eschewing the more old-fashioned technique of trepanning, he instead went digital and began to write e-books. His first novel is titled “The Blessed Man and the Witch.” The beginning of a trilogy about a Biblical apocalypse, it addresses western occultism, angelic phenomena, demonic possession, and the slow dissolution of American society within a credible and original framework.
The sequel to The Blessed Man and the Witch is The Nephilim and the False Prophet. It continues the story of the Earth’s last days, when Hell’s plans come to fruition.
He has also written a Lovecraftian novella for young adults, titled Dreadedin Chronicles: The Nameless City. It features local teen volunteers as supporting characters and has been written in cooperation with the Dunedin Public Library of Dunedin, Florida. The story involves cannibal zombies, a terrible sleeping sickness, and an ancient evil hundreds of millions of years old.
Dave, his wife, and their son now live on the west coast of Florida, swatting alligators and wrestling mosquitoes. He is hard at work on the third and last book in his Armageddon series.
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February 10, 2016
" One thing is very prominent when you read this book and it’s something I can say without doubt: David Dubrow has some imagination going on inside that head of his. It must be like the Tardis in there."
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The Nephilim and the False Prophet
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The Nephilim and the False Prophet
April 4, 2016
Classified as paranormal or supernatural horror, the Armageddon series is a terrifyingly excellent mash-up of Apocalyptic and Dystopian genres. Add in a hefty dose of occult horror and you have a recipe for not just one but two sleeper-stunners in what will eventually culminate in a trilogy.
Book 2 in the Armageddon series picks up seamlessly from where Book 1 ended and immediately propels readers directly back into the miasma of good vs. evil. This transitional pickup, without any attempts to back-fill a potential gap in reader memory, takes a little bit of adjustment. Dubrow doesn’t even allow the reader much time to breathe with his breakneck, suspenseful pacing, keeping up an almost unexpected roller coaster ride of thrills and chills. Instead of being off-putting, Dubrow’s distinctive style in delivering story leaves the reader gripping their e-reader in riveted need to know just what’s going to happen next. You can’t help but be sucked in by the catch-and-release-caught-again-haha-let’s-see-you-run mood that carries throughout the text.
What I love most about this series is the characters and Dubrow’s skillful development of their personas. While the whole storyline can be considered a parallel to the current state of the world, so too are the characters individuals who could and would feasibly exist in our reality. Hector, Siobhan, Roy, Ozzie, Kyle, Esperanza, Reyna all continue to develop as events unfold, but it’s not just that they develop. That’s intrinsic to a successful book. What I marvel at is how they develop, how they react to, for and against the forces pitted against them. They each have an undeniable humanity to them that this whole series wouldn’t work without. Positions and roles change as characters re-examine their perspectives and commitment to their chosen causes. Lines previously thought irrevocably and permanently drawn in the sand are blurred, reversed or completely obliterated as the realities of angels and demons come crashing down hard on our various survivors. Nothing is as it seems yet somehow each of these people comes ever closer to knowing for a certainty who they are, how they want to live their lives or afterlives as the case often threatens.
My second most appreciated aspect of this book (and series) is the masterful use of knowledge from the Book of Enoch (which I have not personally read … yet) as well as any other occult sources. I never once questioned the validity of Siobhan’s knowledge of the arcane, the travels through Yesod and other higher planes of existence, or any other details included therein. Dubrow writes with ease regarding these subjects but doesn’t go overboard in providing time and word consuming explanations. Neither does he make the reader feel stupid, instead confidently giving us deep character perspective, and interaction, using dialog to convey what information is necessary to enhance or clarify the hazy subject matter.
I also loved that there’s a no-holds-barred attitude in this story. Dubrow writes about the horrors of Hell with candid ease, making no efforts to candy coat the atrocities human souls can expect upon arrival. The pitfalls of Heaven winning the war aren’t treated with any less of a naked honesty, leading the reader to question (quite purposely, I’m sure since all of the characters face the same conundrum) which side is or isn’t the “greater evil.” Perhaps it's the realization that human society has come to occupy its own sort of limbo, enjoying samplings of both Heaven and Hell and seemingly getting away with the casual traversals back and forth without any serious consequences. Too much of one or the other and this precarious existence we call life gets a whole lot more uncomfortable. Is any of us ready for the end of the world? None of Dubrow’s characters were, but are now forced to face it.
Readers should be prepared and forewarned. Attachments or affinities for certain characters developed in the reading for book 1 will be tested, strained and outright demolished in book 2. Dubrow, like G.R.R.M., isn’t afraid to kill off any of his main crew … or at least, make you think so. In as much as book one left us hanging by our fingertips from a perilous summit, so too does he drop us precipitously over yet another even more gut-wrenching cliff.
Another 5-star rating for David Dubrow’s work. I eagerly anticipate Book Three!
Book 2 in the Armageddon series picks up seamlessly from where Book 1 ended and immediately propels readers directly back into the miasma of good vs. evil. This transitional pickup, without any attempts to back-fill a potential gap in reader memory, takes a little bit of adjustment. Dubrow doesn’t even allow the reader much time to breathe with his breakneck, suspenseful pacing, keeping up an almost unexpected roller coaster ride of thrills and chills. Instead of being off-putting, Dubrow’s distinctive style in delivering story leaves the reader gripping their e-reader in riveted need to know just what’s going to happen next. You can’t help but be sucked in by the catch-and-release-caught-again-haha-let’s-see-you-run mood that carries throughout the text.
What I love most about this series is the characters and Dubrow’s skillful development of their personas. While the whole storyline can be considered a parallel to the current state of the world, so too are the characters individuals who could and would feasibly exist in our reality. Hector, Siobhan, Roy, Ozzie, Kyle, Esperanza, Reyna all continue to develop as events unfold, but it’s not just that they develop. That’s intrinsic to a successful book. What I marvel at is how they develop, how they react to, for and against the forces pitted against them. They each have an undeniable humanity to them that this whole series wouldn’t work without. Positions and roles change as characters re-examine their perspectives and commitment to their chosen causes. Lines previously thought irrevocably and permanently drawn in the sand are blurred, reversed or completely obliterated as the realities of angels and demons come crashing down hard on our various survivors. Nothing is as it seems yet somehow each of these people comes ever closer to knowing for a certainty who they are, how they want to live their lives or afterlives as the case often threatens.
My second most appreciated aspect of this book (and series) is the masterful use of knowledge from the Book of Enoch (which I have not personally read … yet) as well as any other occult sources. I never once questioned the validity of Siobhan’s knowledge of the arcane, the travels through Yesod and other higher planes of existence, or any other details included therein. Dubrow writes with ease regarding these subjects but doesn’t go overboard in providing time and word consuming explanations. Neither does he make the reader feel stupid, instead confidently giving us deep character perspective, and interaction, using dialog to convey what information is necessary to enhance or clarify the hazy subject matter.
I also loved that there’s a no-holds-barred attitude in this story. Dubrow writes about the horrors of Hell with candid ease, making no efforts to candy coat the atrocities human souls can expect upon arrival. The pitfalls of Heaven winning the war aren’t treated with any less of a naked honesty, leading the reader to question (quite purposely, I’m sure since all of the characters face the same conundrum) which side is or isn’t the “greater evil.” Perhaps it's the realization that human society has come to occupy its own sort of limbo, enjoying samplings of both Heaven and Hell and seemingly getting away with the casual traversals back and forth without any serious consequences. Too much of one or the other and this precarious existence we call life gets a whole lot more uncomfortable. Is any of us ready for the end of the world? None of Dubrow’s characters were, but are now forced to face it.
Readers should be prepared and forewarned. Attachments or affinities for certain characters developed in the reading for book 1 will be tested, strained and outright demolished in book 2. Dubrow, like G.R.R.M., isn’t afraid to kill off any of his main crew … or at least, make you think so. In as much as book one left us hanging by our fingertips from a perilous summit, so too does he drop us precipitously over yet another even more gut-wrenching cliff.
Another 5-star rating for David Dubrow’s work. I eagerly anticipate Book Three!
February 17, 2016
Mayhem Can Be Fun, The Nephilim and the False Prophet
If you thought Armageddon would be a simple affair, God coming down with chariots and trumpets, or a deranged president pushing the button, think again. And if you thought it was a clear-cut struggle between good and evil and with the good ultimately, inevitably triumphant, well, we don’t know the outcome yet. We’ve got one more book to go in Dave Dubrow’s Armageddon trilogy, so it’s too soon to pick a winner, and there’s no guarantee good will triumph over bad. With Dave at the wheel, nothing is certain, and who’s the good guys and who’s not is ambiguous, which requires careful reading, amply rewarded.
(The author provides a list of characters and a glossary of terms, both very useful.)
Fun might not seem like the most appropriate word to use to introduce a book filled with lurid descriptions of puke and dangling guts and some other delightful things, but it is fun, with the author maintaining a grip on the mayhem and with the reader not sure where he's going next, but eager to get there. It's fun mostly because despite its dystopian dis-believability, it veers eerily close to seeming real.
Here’s the premise: Many centuries ago, there were more books to the Bible than what we have today. Most were discarded, including the Book of Enoch, the author of which, it turns out, was on to something. The Book of Enoch is about the fall of Mankind, and of some angels too, those angels who interacted in a most intimate way with female humans, and made a mess of things. Enoch also contains End Time prophecies and now we’re there, at the End Times, It’s the here and now and with ancient times adroitly blended into today. It’s the good angels versus the bad angels, and each side with human surrogates, and all, mortals and immortals alike, as instruments in the hands of god and the devil, fighting for nothing less than the supremacy and survival of our world.
This is a book of mayhem. The world isn’t right, it’s spiraling out of control, everybody gets it, nobody knows how to fix it. (Sound familiar?) Most folks are unaware of just exactly what’s going on. They don’t get how eternity is being decided in New York City drug dens, in western trailer parks, on You Tube, and in other places around the country and the world, but what they do get, and so do we, is an ominousness. It pervades every page, right there with the mayhem.
The first book of the trilogy, The Blessed Man and the Witch, ended in a rollicking, raucous fashion, with the Gadaran pigs rampaging through Manhattan, eviscerating and gobbling up people. The Gadaran pigs are no ordinary pigs. They’re pigs from the Gospels, thousands of them, and filled with demons. Jesus, in a fit of pique, had cast them into a lake but they’re back now and hungry. This second book ends more subtly, but no less vividly. Through the first two books, the forces of heaven haven’t been able to get their shit together, sorry, that’s a vulgar noun for something heavenly, but it’s consistent with this read. Now, though, and at the end of Book Two, the fog is lifting, the heavenly sword is unsheathed, the preliminaries are out of the way and it’s on to the main event, Armageddon, and who knows, maybe those pigs will be back for an encore.
If you thought Armageddon would be a simple affair, God coming down with chariots and trumpets, or a deranged president pushing the button, think again. And if you thought it was a clear-cut struggle between good and evil and with the good ultimately, inevitably triumphant, well, we don’t know the outcome yet. We’ve got one more book to go in Dave Dubrow’s Armageddon trilogy, so it’s too soon to pick a winner, and there’s no guarantee good will triumph over bad. With Dave at the wheel, nothing is certain, and who’s the good guys and who’s not is ambiguous, which requires careful reading, amply rewarded.
(The author provides a list of characters and a glossary of terms, both very useful.)
Fun might not seem like the most appropriate word to use to introduce a book filled with lurid descriptions of puke and dangling guts and some other delightful things, but it is fun, with the author maintaining a grip on the mayhem and with the reader not sure where he's going next, but eager to get there. It's fun mostly because despite its dystopian dis-believability, it veers eerily close to seeming real.
Here’s the premise: Many centuries ago, there were more books to the Bible than what we have today. Most were discarded, including the Book of Enoch, the author of which, it turns out, was on to something. The Book of Enoch is about the fall of Mankind, and of some angels too, those angels who interacted in a most intimate way with female humans, and made a mess of things. Enoch also contains End Time prophecies and now we’re there, at the End Times, It’s the here and now and with ancient times adroitly blended into today. It’s the good angels versus the bad angels, and each side with human surrogates, and all, mortals and immortals alike, as instruments in the hands of god and the devil, fighting for nothing less than the supremacy and survival of our world.
This is a book of mayhem. The world isn’t right, it’s spiraling out of control, everybody gets it, nobody knows how to fix it. (Sound familiar?) Most folks are unaware of just exactly what’s going on. They don’t get how eternity is being decided in New York City drug dens, in western trailer parks, on You Tube, and in other places around the country and the world, but what they do get, and so do we, is an ominousness. It pervades every page, right there with the mayhem.
The first book of the trilogy, The Blessed Man and the Witch, ended in a rollicking, raucous fashion, with the Gadaran pigs rampaging through Manhattan, eviscerating and gobbling up people. The Gadaran pigs are no ordinary pigs. They’re pigs from the Gospels, thousands of them, and filled with demons. Jesus, in a fit of pique, had cast them into a lake but they’re back now and hungry. This second book ends more subtly, but no less vividly. Through the first two books, the forces of heaven haven’t been able to get their shit together, sorry, that’s a vulgar noun for something heavenly, but it’s consistent with this read. Now, though, and at the end of Book Two, the fog is lifting, the heavenly sword is unsheathed, the preliminaries are out of the way and it’s on to the main event, Armageddon, and who knows, maybe those pigs will be back for an encore.
March 12, 2016
This is the second book in the Armageddon series that I have had the wonderful opportunity to read. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Dubrow’s writing so far and I don’t think things will change with the next book. What I do think will change, however, is probably the world itself.
The Armageddon series is one like no other. You might assume otherwise because its titled the ARMAGEDDON series, so yeah, there’s the end of the world aspect but I guarantee its nothing like you imagined. The best part of Dubrow’s series that you really don’t know what to expect. I’m not all so sure about who is going to win in this good versus evil battle and that’s great!
The mayhem is real in this book, definitely a notch up from the first book. If you thought the violence and the intensity had died down, I’m sorry but you’re dead wrong. I praise Dubrow on his imagination and the command of the English language with his description and detail. I don’t normally enjoy reading about guts, explosions, and bloody death but I strangely find it something to look forward to when I crack open a book from the Armageddon series. You know you’re in for a ride when it comes to anything with Armageddon in it but its going to be a ride like never before in this series.
Naturally, a book that’s about the end of the world is going to have some Biblical references to it. As a Christian, I found this to be one of the most appealing aspects of the series. You can consider this an ‘End-times’ sort of book as it does incorporate the Biblical theme of the end of the world. There is the fall of the angels along with mankind, and even mention of the Book of Enoch. The theory is that there were many more books to the Holy Bible than we know of, one of those books detailed the end of the world in an all-out battle of good versus evil on a Godly scale. We’re talking battles of the angels.
Unfortunately, this horrible period of war is here and now. It doesn’t help that the world is pretty much in shambles anyway and not many even believe in the prophecies of the Bible. So wouldn’t you know all the signs are ignored until it’s too late?
Dubrow gives us an explosive continuation in this three-part series. It is everything you expect from the second book and more. If you like apocalyptic reads with a Biblical twist, then this is definitely for you. Those who are more open to spiritual or Christian themes will appreciate this the most, though I would recommend it to adult readers of all backgrounds.
*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
The Armageddon series is one like no other. You might assume otherwise because its titled the ARMAGEDDON series, so yeah, there’s the end of the world aspect but I guarantee its nothing like you imagined. The best part of Dubrow’s series that you really don’t know what to expect. I’m not all so sure about who is going to win in this good versus evil battle and that’s great!
The mayhem is real in this book, definitely a notch up from the first book. If you thought the violence and the intensity had died down, I’m sorry but you’re dead wrong. I praise Dubrow on his imagination and the command of the English language with his description and detail. I don’t normally enjoy reading about guts, explosions, and bloody death but I strangely find it something to look forward to when I crack open a book from the Armageddon series. You know you’re in for a ride when it comes to anything with Armageddon in it but its going to be a ride like never before in this series.
Naturally, a book that’s about the end of the world is going to have some Biblical references to it. As a Christian, I found this to be one of the most appealing aspects of the series. You can consider this an ‘End-times’ sort of book as it does incorporate the Biblical theme of the end of the world. There is the fall of the angels along with mankind, and even mention of the Book of Enoch. The theory is that there were many more books to the Holy Bible than we know of, one of those books detailed the end of the world in an all-out battle of good versus evil on a Godly scale. We’re talking battles of the angels.
Unfortunately, this horrible period of war is here and now. It doesn’t help that the world is pretty much in shambles anyway and not many even believe in the prophecies of the Bible. So wouldn’t you know all the signs are ignored until it’s too late?
Dubrow gives us an explosive continuation in this three-part series. It is everything you expect from the second book and more. If you like apocalyptic reads with a Biblical twist, then this is definitely for you. Those who are more open to spiritual or Christian themes will appreciate this the most, though I would recommend it to adult readers of all backgrounds.
*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
November 2, 2016
Humanity is in major trouble!
A great sequel to "The Blessed Man and the Witch" and I believe that it is even more stunning and powerful than the first one. The end is close, too close for comfort or that anyone can actually prepare for. Armageddon and the end of days, as there are plans from above and from below. It's not a typical end of humanity paranormal or even supernatural story. It's explosive, full of action and there are some Biblical references, but it tells its own story, and the reader is brought right in, wondering if the end is truly near. Dubrow paints an active and imaginative picture of his story brilliantly with his words. Hold on to the edge of your seat as you read this one, and keep the lights on.
A great sequel to "The Blessed Man and the Witch" and I believe that it is even more stunning and powerful than the first one. The end is close, too close for comfort or that anyone can actually prepare for. Armageddon and the end of days, as there are plans from above and from below. It's not a typical end of humanity paranormal or even supernatural story. It's explosive, full of action and there are some Biblical references, but it tells its own story, and the reader is brought right in, wondering if the end is truly near. Dubrow paints an active and imaginative picture of his story brilliantly with his words. Hold on to the edge of your seat as you read this one, and keep the lights on.
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