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Angel Keep
‘A demon is the spirit of a bad idea. The Taken are just its victims. If they kill you, you lose. If you kill them – you lose. The only way to win is to kill the idea itself. That’s where we come in.’
Enter Revel paladin, exorcist, Knight of the Covenant of Justice.
Every enemy is hidden.
Every friend can be turned.
Even the Angels of Life can be killed.
This is his war.
Enter Revel paladin, exorcist, Knight of the Covenant of Justice.
Every enemy is hidden.
Every friend can be turned.
Even the Angels of Life can be killed.
This is his war.
106 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 17, 2016
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August 4, 2017
Angel Keep is the dynamite opening to a fast-paced, unforgettable fantasy serial. I had trouble slowing down my reading to review it because the story just kept sucking me into that world. The characters are living, breathing beings, the world-building is first-rate and seamless, and the plot twists are worthy of Jim Butcher on a good day.
Revel and Badger are paladins, fighting knights who specialize in exorcisms. In their world if you kill a human who is Taken, the demon just jumps to another host, possibly you. And if you’re a skilled warrior, and you’re Taken, the demon gets all your skills while it possesses you. So the war they are in against the Taken means not killing their foes, but subduing them and freeing each individual from the demons who posses them. Paladins can remove the demons, but the exorcism almost always is fatal to the person it is exorcised from. That’s where the Angels come in, human women whose job is to help restore enough life energy to the recently freed person so they’ll live.
But paladin Badger, and young novice paladin Revel, have no Angels nearby and have to fight through some of the Taken to get to Angel Keep where they and a few other Paladins are on the ragged edge of this war. They also have to battle unseasonable weather, for the demons bring winter with them wherever they go. And once they fight through to the Keep, there are more subtle wars inside the fortress, between those who are on their side.
Anyone who’s tired of extruded fantasy product and wants the real deal with be thrilled with Where Angels Die. It’s immersive. You’ll come to love the characters: the slowly dying paladin Fox, the acerbic head-angel Lady Swan, her fussbudget husband Master Herrison, practical Greyhand, enigmatic Ogo, and Baron Vail. But it’s Revel and the Badger that take center stage, as they try to plug the holes in scant defenses sometimes armed with nothing more than panache and wit and humor. You’ll want to read this one. And, like me, you’ll probably obsessively reread it as you wait breathless for the next installment. RECOMMENDED
Revel and Badger are paladins, fighting knights who specialize in exorcisms. In their world if you kill a human who is Taken, the demon just jumps to another host, possibly you. And if you’re a skilled warrior, and you’re Taken, the demon gets all your skills while it possesses you. So the war they are in against the Taken means not killing their foes, but subduing them and freeing each individual from the demons who posses them. Paladins can remove the demons, but the exorcism almost always is fatal to the person it is exorcised from. That’s where the Angels come in, human women whose job is to help restore enough life energy to the recently freed person so they’ll live.
But paladin Badger, and young novice paladin Revel, have no Angels nearby and have to fight through some of the Taken to get to Angel Keep where they and a few other Paladins are on the ragged edge of this war. They also have to battle unseasonable weather, for the demons bring winter with them wherever they go. And once they fight through to the Keep, there are more subtle wars inside the fortress, between those who are on their side.
Anyone who’s tired of extruded fantasy product and wants the real deal with be thrilled with Where Angels Die. It’s immersive. You’ll come to love the characters: the slowly dying paladin Fox, the acerbic head-angel Lady Swan, her fussbudget husband Master Herrison, practical Greyhand, enigmatic Ogo, and Baron Vail. But it’s Revel and the Badger that take center stage, as they try to plug the holes in scant defenses sometimes armed with nothing more than panache and wit and humor. You’ll want to read this one. And, like me, you’ll probably obsessively reread it as you wait breathless for the next installment. RECOMMENDED
December 30, 2016
‘I suppose it takes one fool to fool another.’
‘I imagine you’d know all about that,’ said Revel. ‘Sir.’
I loved the characters in this novella. Revel and Badger (and their banter) were super.
Fantasy is always a bit of a challenge for me to wrap my head 'round because the names / creatures / worlds often push my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point, BUT...this was a lot of fun. A dark and perilous quest - following the pursuits of a band of exorcists and angels - yet lightened with enough humor and levity to keep me engaged and rooting for Revel. I'll absolutely move forward onto Book II
‘I imagine you’d know all about that,’ said Revel. ‘Sir.’
I loved the characters in this novella. Revel and Badger (and their banter) were super.
Fantasy is always a bit of a challenge for me to wrap my head 'round because the names / creatures / worlds often push my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point, BUT...this was a lot of fun. A dark and perilous quest - following the pursuits of a band of exorcists and angels - yet lightened with enough humor and levity to keep me engaged and rooting for Revel. I'll absolutely move forward onto Book II
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