Hell Sent: a Horror-ific page-turner to make you shiver under your bed covers.: The Vigil Omnibus

by Stephen Hunt

When Eleanor Lythe was invited to attend a charity art ball with the rest of her children’s home, she wasn’t sure what to expect – but being fed on by semi-immortal vampires, bitten and turned into a slave of their evil race, certainly wasn’t it.
Luckily, for Eleanor, the Vigil – the covert branch of the U.S. Secret Service formed to fight the forces of the supernatural – is on hand to cure her and protect her.
But save her for just what sort of life?
As Eleanor struggles to master her new powers, she comes to realise that in humanity’s struggle against the darkness, the wrong side could have saved her. Some of her fellow agents might be ripped hot – but does that actually matter if they are also willing
to feed her to an ancient evil to achieve their mission?
Because when your race is fighting a secret war for survival against vampires, zombies, werewolves, dark spirits, rogue angels and almost immortal Nazis, the worrying truth is . . . there might not be any safe side to trust!
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REVIEWS 
Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels: 
‘Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.’
— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
‘Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.’ 
- TOM HOLT 
‘All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.’ 
- DAILY MAIL 
‘Compulsive reading for all ages.’ 
- GUARDIAN 
‘Studded with invention.’ 
-THE INDEPENDENT  
‘To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement… a wonderful escapist yarn!’ 
- INTERZONE 
‘Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.’ 
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 
‘A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.’ 
—RT BOOK REVIEWS 
‘A curious part-future blend.’ 
- KIRKUS REVIEWS 
‘An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.’ 
- THE TIMES 
‘Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.’ 
- TIME OUT 
‘A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.’ 
- SFX MAGAZINE 
‘Put on your seatbelts for a frenetic cat and mouse encounter... an exciting tale.’ 
- SF REVU 
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THE SERIES SO FAR...
- The Darkness of the Vigil (Book 1).
- Burning Angels (Book 2).
- The Judas Purse (Book 3).
- Omnibus edition: Hell Sent (all three books).
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FORMAT
Omnibus - containing The Darkness of the Vigil, Burning Angels, The Judas Purse.
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Stephen King
Stephenie Meyer
Tim Lebbon
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GENRES 
Horror (adventure) 
Adventure (horror) 
Young Adult (horror)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other fantasy authors, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C.S. Lewis. 

356 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 21, 2016

About the author

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Stephen Hunt is a British writer living in London. His first fantasy novel, For the Crown and the Dragon, was published in 1994, and introduced a young officer, Taliesin, fighting for the Queen of England in a Napoleonic period alternative reality where the wars of Europe were being fought with sorcery and steampunk weapons (airships, clockwork machine guns, and steam-driven trucks called kettle-blacks). The novel won the 1994 WH Smith Award, and the book reviewer Andrew Darlington used Hunt's novel to coin the phrase Flintlock Fantasy to describe the sub-genre of fantasy set in a Regency or Napoleonic-era period.

Reviews

[Baron Bruce · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been a big fan of Steven Hunt's Jackelian fantasy series for quite a while, I even took “The Court of the Air” on my honeymoon cruise. Now he returns with Hell Sent (The Vigil Omnibus Season 1). This tale doesn’t waste time getting right down to a bloody twist of action. The Vigil, a clandestine part of the U. S. Secret Service in service since the time of Lincoln’s assassination in 1865 a quick response them team much like those of the Scutum Dei aka the Devil’s Wind, a secret Order of the Church. The Pope’s Holy Crusaders against the Supernatural. After infiltrating a remote art show as catering staff, Ian, Al, Guy and Diane, four of what the Vampires call Debased lead the charge to rescue a busload of orphan from a grisly feast. One teen-aged girl was bitten and was rescued, only to become a member of the Vigil.

Hell Sent is a fast-paced action with vampire 1% against unknowing public in an epic series 180’ turnaround from Steven Hunt's Jackelian fantasy series. There’s enough high-tech gadgets to satisfy a James Bond fan and enough intrigue to keep fan’s of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan or Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon. This a tale you could fill a weekend because you wouldn’t be able to set it down!

[Julian White · Rating 4 out of 5]

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