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Demonspawn: A Dark Fantasy Novel
In this dark epic fantasy that crackles with sinister sorcery and eldritch energy, ancient evil and prophecy collide as an unsuspecting medieval kingdom, still recovering from a hellish oppression that devastated the land a thousand years earlier, is about to be plunged once more into nightmare. The end of the world is nigh! Sharn is the insane descendant of a people who were once forcibly interbred with demons from an extra-dimensional netherworld that's separated from ours by the thinnest of sorcerous veils... ...a veil that was once torn asunder in an accident of sorcery, opening a rent through which the demons poured and overran the land,enslaving the population... ...demons that were eventually driven back beyond the veil by a noble wizard who foretold that one day the demons would return, and so would he. Evil stirs in the land, and demons covet the world of mortals! Captured by knights who have hunted the hybrid demonspawn to near-extinction, Sharn is imprisoned in the dank depths of the royal castle, where he becomes caught up in the nefarious plans of a scheming king's chancellor who is secretly practicing the darkest of magical arts. The queen has just given birth to a son, kicking off the fulfillment of ancient prophecy. Sharn, somehow granted a reprieve from his madness by the newborn prince, kidnaps the royal heir and escapes the castle. They wait impatiently behind a wall that is about to be torn down by black sorcery! And the hunt begins, as Sharn flees across a countryside where every hand is turned against him, heading toward destiny. Now, a king’s evil chancellor schemes to reopen the Veil and once again unleash the demons. The world’s only hope of salvation is an insane boy, himself the descendant of demonic/human hybrids, and the newborn baby he’s kidnapped.
- GenresFantasy
299 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 7, 2002
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November 19, 2014
MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!
MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!
If you're tired of fantasy stories where the lowly character ends up becoming king or queen, don't bother with this one. I liked it up until then. There were some editing mistakes. A few misspellings (though not many), once or twice "their" was used instead of "they're" and quite often throughout the book a whole section was indented. Not just the paragraph beginnings but the whole paragraph, which made it very noticeable. All in all, though, it was a pretty good book. Until I got to the part where he was announced as the heir to the throne, and I was like "Really?? You had to go there??" I thought about throwing the book across the room in annoyance but I only had a page left to go, so I went ahead and finished it.
MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!
If you're tired of fantasy stories where the lowly character ends up becoming king or queen, don't bother with this one. I liked it up until then. There were some editing mistakes. A few misspellings (though not many), once or twice "their" was used instead of "they're" and quite often throughout the book a whole section was indented. Not just the paragraph beginnings but the whole paragraph, which made it very noticeable. All in all, though, it was a pretty good book. Until I got to the part where he was announced as the heir to the throne, and I was like "Really?? You had to go there??" I thought about throwing the book across the room in annoyance but I only had a page left to go, so I went ahead and finished it.
January 5, 2012
Thirteen hundred years ago, the demons that had invaded through the Veil of Night and subjugated humanity were driven back. Since then, laws have required the death of any children born with the demonic taint - leftovers from the rampaging demons - called demonspawn.
Then an insane demonspawn escapes. The Queen gives birth to a demonspawn. A war with a neighboring nation looms. And the king's chancellor is not what what he seems to be.
Demonspawn is well written, at no point did it feel bogged down in extraneous details or with backstory filler. The story flowed well and was an easy read. Reeves did an excellent job with his descriptions and fleshing out characters.
The treatment of the demonspawn vs. the actions of the demonspawn in the past is an interesting facet to the story. The demons would not have been banished without the actions of demonspawn, and yet the taint is too much for humanity to see past.
The one area of the story that I had difficulty with was the storyline of the queen. She was very super-woman, and it came off as fairly one dimensional.
Then an insane demonspawn escapes. The Queen gives birth to a demonspawn. A war with a neighboring nation looms. And the king's chancellor is not what what he seems to be.
Demonspawn is well written, at no point did it feel bogged down in extraneous details or with backstory filler. The story flowed well and was an easy read. Reeves did an excellent job with his descriptions and fleshing out characters.
The treatment of the demonspawn vs. the actions of the demonspawn in the past is an interesting facet to the story. The demons would not have been banished without the actions of demonspawn, and yet the taint is too much for humanity to see past.
The one area of the story that I had difficulty with was the storyline of the queen. She was very super-woman, and it came off as fairly one dimensional.
July 27, 2011
This book was ok. Nothing spectacular. The characters were decent, plot was ok but pretty predictable. It felt unoriginal, canned, and choreographed. It was an easy read and didn't take any real concentration or thought, which is kind of what I was looking for this time around. It was a good distraction from some of the heavier reading I've been doing lately.
August 21, 2014
It was o.k.
It was o.k.
shallow and not much plot development. I thought maybe it was meant for teens. not a bad read you are looking for something quick and easy.
It was o.k.
shallow and not much plot development. I thought maybe it was meant for teens. not a bad read you are looking for something quick and easy.
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