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Grey Days #2
Darkweird
It’s the end of the world.
Again.
Things haven’t quite been the same since the last supernatural apocalypse. The days are getting stranger, the nights more dangerous. The monsters clamor and conspire in the shadows, and the people are starting to talk. For wizard and occult scholar Thomas Grey, every day is a struggle just to survive. It’s all he can do to keep the city from burning down, and its people from getting dragged off into the dark.
Then, of course, things get worse. There’s a cult–there’s always a cult–and a rogue angel, and a plot to destroy the barrier between the supernatural world and what’s left of the real one. The next thing Thomas knows he’s on the far end of reality in a fight for his life and sanity, racing against the clock to get home and save his friends.
He’s nobody’s hero, but a guy’s got to try.
Following the events of the acclaimed occult fantasy Red Sky Blues, Darkweird takes us one step closer to the weirdpocalypse and follows the continuing misadventures of Thomas Grey. Featuring art by Meagan Trott, Geo Barnett, Dustin Weaver, and much more.
Again.
Things haven’t quite been the same since the last supernatural apocalypse. The days are getting stranger, the nights more dangerous. The monsters clamor and conspire in the shadows, and the people are starting to talk. For wizard and occult scholar Thomas Grey, every day is a struggle just to survive. It’s all he can do to keep the city from burning down, and its people from getting dragged off into the dark.
Then, of course, things get worse. There’s a cult–there’s always a cult–and a rogue angel, and a plot to destroy the barrier between the supernatural world and what’s left of the real one. The next thing Thomas knows he’s on the far end of reality in a fight for his life and sanity, racing against the clock to get home and save his friends.
He’s nobody’s hero, but a guy’s got to try.
Following the events of the acclaimed occult fantasy Red Sky Blues, Darkweird takes us one step closer to the weirdpocalypse and follows the continuing misadventures of Thomas Grey. Featuring art by Meagan Trott, Geo Barnett, Dustin Weaver, and much more.
371 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 13, 2018
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June 12, 2019
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DARKWEIRD by Matthew Davis, does everything a second book should do: heartbreak, raises the stakes to ridiculous degrees, and more inter-dimensional hi-jinks. Davis manages to do that and so much more in his second installment of the GREY DAYS series.
A few months have passed since the last almost world ending event and now...it's about to start all over. This time though, it seems things may be too much for Thomas Grey and his colleges. A rogue angel has set its mind to destroying the barrier between earth and the Other Side, should the barrier fall, all life on earth will be swept away. SO, naturally it's up to Thomas to try and save the world, despite the fact that he's not really anyone's hero. But it's just another day in the life of Thomas Grey.
Returning to the valley of Thomas Grey, Swift, Rosa, and the rest of the gang is a comfortable(at first) experience, yet this book is not quite as "light" as RED SKY BLUES and it doesn't really give you much time to catch your breath before rocketing off with ghouls, foul magics, and dimensional shifts. Davis has managed to keep the pacing of this novel so tight and tension filled, I must have read all of it within two or three sittings, because Grey is always left in a state of danger(bad for him, great news for the reader).
Davis has clearly become comfortable with his characters and it makes for smooth reading and feeling like you're sitting in the room with them. The dialogue is sharp and the classic dry wit, if not goofy at times, shines right through. This does not detract from the utter existential horrors that leak from the Other Side into our world, and Davis is clearly a student of Lovecraft and the rest, though as is tradition, he makes the mythos his own.
And typical of a middle book in a trilogy, Davis only raises the stakes even when things seem utterly hopeless. Do our heroes get through this? Maybe, and not by some strange or off-putting deus ex machina plot twisting. The story arc itself is fantastic and combined with characters a reader can genuinely care about, it keeps the pages turning faster than through an old phone book.
Again, these books are perfect for those who enjoy urban fantasy with occult and cosmic horror flavors. Don't sleep on this series, because they are getting better with each installment!
I am very much looking forward to Davis' last installment of GREY DAYS, SACRED ENGINES.
DARKWEIRD by Matthew Davis, does everything a second book should do: heartbreak, raises the stakes to ridiculous degrees, and more inter-dimensional hi-jinks. Davis manages to do that and so much more in his second installment of the GREY DAYS series.
A few months have passed since the last almost world ending event and now...it's about to start all over. This time though, it seems things may be too much for Thomas Grey and his colleges. A rogue angel has set its mind to destroying the barrier between earth and the Other Side, should the barrier fall, all life on earth will be swept away. SO, naturally it's up to Thomas to try and save the world, despite the fact that he's not really anyone's hero. But it's just another day in the life of Thomas Grey.
Returning to the valley of Thomas Grey, Swift, Rosa, and the rest of the gang is a comfortable(at first) experience, yet this book is not quite as "light" as RED SKY BLUES and it doesn't really give you much time to catch your breath before rocketing off with ghouls, foul magics, and dimensional shifts. Davis has managed to keep the pacing of this novel so tight and tension filled, I must have read all of it within two or three sittings, because Grey is always left in a state of danger(bad for him, great news for the reader).
Davis has clearly become comfortable with his characters and it makes for smooth reading and feeling like you're sitting in the room with them. The dialogue is sharp and the classic dry wit, if not goofy at times, shines right through. This does not detract from the utter existential horrors that leak from the Other Side into our world, and Davis is clearly a student of Lovecraft and the rest, though as is tradition, he makes the mythos his own.
And typical of a middle book in a trilogy, Davis only raises the stakes even when things seem utterly hopeless. Do our heroes get through this? Maybe, and not by some strange or off-putting deus ex machina plot twisting. The story arc itself is fantastic and combined with characters a reader can genuinely care about, it keeps the pages turning faster than through an old phone book.
Again, these books are perfect for those who enjoy urban fantasy with occult and cosmic horror flavors. Don't sleep on this series, because they are getting better with each installment!
I am very much looking forward to Davis' last installment of GREY DAYS, SACRED ENGINES.
October 30, 2018
This was a fun followup to Red Sky Blues, throwing even greater threats at Thomas Grey while really the whole world needs to let him get some rest so everything might stop hurting for a while.
The cast of characters work really well together as a motley found family, including the ravenous otherworldly goat. The book moves along at a pretty swift pace, introducing new adversaries practically as soon as the last has been vanquished (or delayed and inconvenienced, circumstances permitting,) even including one ginormous demon battle that brought to mind the respawning hordes of enemies in Dynasty Warriors games.
The cast of characters work really well together as a motley found family, including the ravenous otherworldly goat. The book moves along at a pretty swift pace, introducing new adversaries practically as soon as the last has been vanquished (or delayed and inconvenienced, circumstances permitting,) even including one ginormous demon battle that brought to mind the respawning hordes of enemies in Dynasty Warriors games.
January 11, 2019
DARK WEIRD is a solid sequel to RED SKY BLUES, and you are definitely going to want to read that one first before picking this. It's the end of the world (again) and Thomas finds himself sucked into events that would typically be beyond his scope. One aspect that I truly enjoy is that even though the main characters generally find themselves in situations over their heads, they continually rise to that challenge and do the right thing... even if it comes at a cost.
Plus there's other worldly goats, floating giant octopi, a fallen angel, and corporate-style mages.
Plus there's other worldly goats, floating giant octopi, a fallen angel, and corporate-style mages.
August 13, 2019
More, please?
Book 1 was a fabulous read. Darkweird is an absolute blast! Thomas Grey again at the center of imminent world disaster, unleashing beings who shouldn't be, delving deep within himself fueling his own magic, and unexpected discoveries. Action packed and flowing right to the end. My only question - does Thomas ever get a break? I'm exhausted for him!
Book 1 was a fabulous read. Darkweird is an absolute blast! Thomas Grey again at the center of imminent world disaster, unleashing beings who shouldn't be, delving deep within himself fueling his own magic, and unexpected discoveries. Action packed and flowing right to the end. My only question - does Thomas ever get a break? I'm exhausted for him!
May 3, 2021
Another good one from Matthew Davis!
This one wasn’t didn’t have the same urban fantasy vibe as the first one did—it was more like the Supernatural show I’d say, and it worked just as well.
Everything I liked about the writing from the first book is still here, and the pages just flew by (which says a lot for a slow reader like myself).
Looking forward to what Matthew does with the third book!
This one wasn’t didn’t have the same urban fantasy vibe as the first one did—it was more like the Supernatural show I’d say, and it worked just as well.
Everything I liked about the writing from the first book is still here, and the pages just flew by (which says a lot for a slow reader like myself).
Looking forward to what Matthew does with the third book!
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