Doom Angel

by H. David Blalock, Matthew Perry (Illustrator), Amanda DeBord (Editor)

The final confrontation between Jonah Mason's Army and the Dark Minion Dorian Azrael doesn't just dictate the fate of the Angelkiller's resistance cell. It is the key battle in a larger, global Conflict that can turn the tide against the oncoming Armageddon. It all will come down to who survives when the smoke clears, and who will receive their final reward.

Doom Angel concludes the Angelkiller Triad, following Angelkiller and Traitor Angel.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 10, 2014

About the author

H. David Blalock has been writing speculative fiction for nearly 50 years. His work has appeared in novels, novellas, stories, articles, reviews, and commentary both in print and online. Since 1996, his fiction has appeared in over two dozen magazines including Pro Se Presents, Aphelion Webzine, Quantum Muse, Shelter of Daylight Magazine, The Harrow, The Three-Lobed Burning Eye, The Martian Wave and many more. His current novel series is the three book Angelkiller Triad from Seventh Star Press. He is editor for parABnormal Magazine from Hiraeth Publishing. His work continues to appear on a regular basis through multiple publishing houses.

Reviews

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you’ve been following the Angelkiller Triad, Doom Angel is a must-read. If you’ve not, there’s probably enough backstory in Doom Angel, and enough in the prologue, to bring you up to date. But why miss out on some seriously strange and dark fighting. That prologue’s bound to intrigue, setting a stage where “in the ancient war between the Angels of Light and Darkness, the Dark won.”

Jonah Mason is an Angelkiller, and his battle to unseat an evil Minion of the Enemy has brought three Knights to his side. War rages in real and virtual-reality worlds, through cool backstories of history, wrecking and rebuilding lives. As disaster approaches, each character’s different view on the conflict is explored, with well-wrought past intentions lending credence to the power in a name.

“When a people are stripped of their belief in something greater than themselves, they lose the ability to resist those who promise them fulfillment of the vacuum left behind,” Mason muses. But will his team survive the vacuum's their fighting might create? Will he?

The end of the tale, and the triad, is powerfully satisfying, leaving the reader to sigh with contended belief. It’s an intriguing and pleasing conclusion to a powerful series, highly recommended.

Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy during the author’s recent blog tour.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great way to end the Angelkiller Triad, there was plenty of action and mystery in the book. I'm sad that this is the end of the story and sad about some of the characters fates in the book, as I've grown attached to the heroes of the story. Many unanswered questions were answered in this novel and the writing was excellent. The only problem with the book is now I want more of these character, overall it's a great way to say goodbye to Mason and his Cell and I look forward to the next series H. David Blalock writes.