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Iscariot
It was Jake's idea to explore the abandoned house a few miles off of the highway. Neither Sam nor Amanda could have predicted that it would send them to Hell. Fortunately, getting out of Hell is possible – and out of the 80 Divisions Hell is made of, the three of them have landed in Division 78. With the help of a medieval swordsman who wants nothing more than to keep out of school, the three of them just might make it.
Standing in their way? A Southern gentleman who died at the end of the American Civil War, more demons than any of them can count, and the devil himself… all of whom have taken an unhealthy interest in Sam.
And Sam, mute since birth and willing to do anything to not only survive, but thrive, might be willing to make a deal with the devil to get out of Hell alive and in better shape than he entered.
Standing in their way? A Southern gentleman who died at the end of the American Civil War, more demons than any of them can count, and the devil himself… all of whom have taken an unhealthy interest in Sam.
And Sam, mute since birth and willing to do anything to not only survive, but thrive, might be willing to make a deal with the devil to get out of Hell alive and in better shape than he entered.
555 pages, Paperback
Published March 24, 2020
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Aurora Dimitre
43 books154 followersAurora Dimitre grew up in North Dakota and never left. She has held a variety of jobs, her favorite of which has always been ‘library assistant,’ and is currently teaching children about grammar. However, if she didn’t write books all the time, she’d go crazy, which is why we’re here now.
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June 4, 2020
It a book. it perty dern good if i do say so meself.
May 4, 2020
Aurora is a really gifted writer who put a lot of heart into this piece. It's a strange romp of a plot for sure, and it's entirely unique. A lot of what makes Iscariot work is the way that it doesn't try to create direct analogues to religious history or mythology, but rather creates its entirely new canon of characters that make the story really stand on its own. One of Aurora's biggest strengths as a writer is her confidence in her own narrative skill and ability to just command whatever she's writing and make you not question it - Iscariot is not so much concerned with being a high school drama or being a dark high fantasy story, it's not really like anything else out there and the vibrance of Aurora's characters and the sharpness of their voices draws you in so much that you completely believe the world they live in. The Pentalogy of Hell series has a lot more installments in it, and some of my favorite parts of it come from the more expanded cast and plotlines, so I'm looking forward to seeing those out in the public book sphere too. Definitely check this out.
June 3, 2020
Aurora managed to make a book about teenagers escaping hell fun. I can’t wait to read how the relationships between the characters develop as the series progresses. I’m looking forward to more from this new author!
January 11, 2022
Pentalogy of Hell is a series that focuses on an extremely elaborate and engrossing underworld setting, but its biggest strength is in how Dimitre handles the large cast of characters. An "ensemble" novel is a difficult feat to pull off, and Dimitre has proven time and time again that she is capable of it. And POH is certainly one of the more complex ensemble novels out there, given that its ensemble features characters who were born thousands of years apart. Dimitre juggles their similarities and differences deftly.
Though its influences in horror and suspense are clear, the book also has a strong emotional core that keeps you invested in the characters. On the whole, Iscariot is a strong beginning to a rich and multi-layered series that only gets better as it continues.
Though its influences in horror and suspense are clear, the book also has a strong emotional core that keeps you invested in the characters. On the whole, Iscariot is a strong beginning to a rich and multi-layered series that only gets better as it continues.
September 3, 2020
It could be bad or good I didn't read it
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December 11, 2020
Okay, so, like--
I do realize that I wrote this book. But maybe there's something about a book that you conceptualize in early high school (note: THIS IS NOT THE VERSION I WROTE WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN!!!!) but it just ticks all! my! boxes! I love every character I shoved in here, I love the weird half-Bleach? half-...I don't even know what the other half is, but I'm pretty sure the fact that there are 80 Divisions (which was the OG title) was a direct rip-off of Bleach. Actually, a lot of this was a direct rip-off of Bleach + a newly realized possibly atheistic highschooler coming to terms with it.
But Casey Beyr remains one of my favorite characters I've ever created, to this day --I can't wait for later books, where he gets more of a spotlight, to come out.
I do realize that I wrote this book. But maybe there's something about a book that you conceptualize in early high school (note: THIS IS NOT THE VERSION I WROTE WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN!!!!) but it just ticks all! my! boxes! I love every character I shoved in here, I love the weird half-Bleach? half-...I don't even know what the other half is, but I'm pretty sure the fact that there are 80 Divisions (which was the OG title) was a direct rip-off of Bleach. Actually, a lot of this was a direct rip-off of Bleach + a newly realized possibly atheistic highschooler coming to terms with it.
But Casey Beyr remains one of my favorite characters I've ever created, to this day --I can't wait for later books, where he gets more of a spotlight, to come out.
December 26, 2022
you should read this book if you want to read about someone eating a kiwi like an apple
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