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The Devil You Know
These heroes might not be angels, but you know what they say...it's always better to trust the devil you know...Looking for a typical hero tale? Keep looking. These twelve tales explore the grittier side of what it means to make life's hardest choices, and let your reputation pay the price. From back-alleys and ancient cities to graveyards and castle walls, these trouble-makers are out for themselves...or are they?Fiction-Atlas Press is proud to present, The Devil You Know featuring stories USA Today Bestselling Author C.L. Cannon, USA Today Bestselling Author Lily Luchesi, Zoey Xolton, K.A. Wiggins, K Matt, K.R.S. McEntire, Scott Moore, J.M. Rhineheart, Angela Kulig, Kat Parrish, Amber Morant, and Nick Edinger!
- GenresFantasyAnthologies
454 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2020
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C.L. Cannon
20 books5,808 followers✨ C.L. Cannon is a USA Today Bestselling Author ✒️ publisher 📚 marketer 📢 editor🩸designer 🖥️ & lots of other occupations with the -er sounds at the end!
She's a woman of many talents who never gives up, even when she probably should. She enjoys writing about love and friendship. She loves it even more when she can add Fantasy and Sci-Fi aspects to those themes!
She's an awkward AF, neurospicy spoonie who lives in fandom and band t-shirts, collects too many books and merch, and has a deep obsession with David Tennant, Tolkien, and Kaz Brekker. (I mean, can you blame her?)
She spends her days trying to #bookstagram/#Booktok (and probably failing), helping other authors grow and succeed (I love my job), and loving on her two human children/velociraptors, Seth and Petey, and a hoard of black cats.
Visit her website for more content, including book reviews, new release announcements, and weekly giveaways! https://clcannon.net ✨
✨Her publishing company Fiction-Atlas Press, releases two ⚔️ Fantasy & 🛸 Scifi multi-author anthologies every year. One is always for charity.✨
✨Fiction-Atlas also offers a variety of services & opportunities for ✒️ Authors & 📚 Readers! Visit here: https://fiction-atlas.com ✨
She's a woman of many talents who never gives up, even when she probably should. She enjoys writing about love and friendship. She loves it even more when she can add Fantasy and Sci-Fi aspects to those themes!
She's an awkward AF, neurospicy spoonie who lives in fandom and band t-shirts, collects too many books and merch, and has a deep obsession with David Tennant, Tolkien, and Kaz Brekker. (I mean, can you blame her?)
She spends her days trying to #bookstagram/#Booktok (and probably failing), helping other authors grow and succeed (I love my job), and loving on her two human children/velociraptors, Seth and Petey, and a hoard of black cats.
Visit her website for more content, including book reviews, new release announcements, and weekly giveaways! https://clcannon.net ✨
✨Her publishing company Fiction-Atlas Press, releases two ⚔️ Fantasy & 🛸 Scifi multi-author anthologies every year. One is always for charity.✨
✨Fiction-Atlas also offers a variety of services & opportunities for ✒️ Authors & 📚 Readers! Visit here: https://fiction-atlas.com ✨
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October 21, 2020
Good set of stories with far from perfect heroes. Each story shows that even the most unexpected people can become heroes given the correct circumstances.
October 10, 2020
The Devil You Know: A Fiction-Atlas Press Anti-Hero Anthology. An entertaining collection of a dozen short reads, the best of which may be Scott Moore's Prowlers. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).
October 3, 2020
This was a wonderful Anthology of stories that are great to read. They are from different authors and they did a great job as you read and enjoy the storylines and the characters. They have you wanting more by the end!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 15, 2020
A solid set of stories from a mix of established and up-and-coming authors. I particularly enjoyed "Boy With No Name" by K.A. Wiggins, "Prowlers" by Scott Moore, and "To Steal a Key and Kingdom" by J.M. Rhineheart, but most all of them were fun reads. The theme is great; if you're tired of reading about characters going through the standard hash of tribulations to triumph over evil, give these a try instead.
October 6, 2020
Boy with No Name—from The Devil You Know: A Fiction-Atlas Anti-Hero Anthology by K.A. Wiggins is a very awesome story that I have read. This is the only story that I have read in The Devil You Know: A Fiction-Atlas Press Anti-Hero Anthology. I loved reading this story very much and I highly recommend this story to everyone.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 4, 2021
This is an anthology of anti-hero short stories. There are twelve tales in total and each is quite varied from the next. One has the beginnings of a story of Vlad the Impaler, more commonly known as Dracula, and his journey from being sent away at the age of ten to his father’s foes, to his return after his death and what happens to the love of his life and his son. Each tells the tale of a character we would normally think of as the villain, but shows them in a different light and having to make hard life choices. The character’s reputations are made to pay the price for their actions and their lives are drawn into whatever results.
Another tale tells of warring neighbours, one under a tyrant of a king, who banished all magical beings, or should I say, put them to death and only the lucky few escaped to the neighbouring side of the river, to sanctuary. The abbey was a place of sanctuary and when three riders come in, demanding to be presented with three of the sisters, who came to the abbey some fifteen years before. Apparently they will be put in front of the justice of three, as one is thought to be the heir of the evil king who used magic, before this current tyrant. The men that come for the three sisters from the abbey, are cruel and also starving, as magic is no longer used to help crops grow. So the very actions of a leader to abolish magic, lead to them starving and treated harshly. A kind action by one of the sisters, reveals who she really is and her death is almost guaranteed.
Oathbound by Kat Parrish was my favourite of the tales in the book and a good bit longer than some of the other tales, which were somewhat harder to follow as they were so short. If you maybe knew the authors other stories or the story is was part of a series of, it may make more sense. One seems to just ramble about a group of ruffians who got injured in a job and are sitting in hospital, waiting to be seen. They are given job applications by the boss of their rival gang, someone their own boss would love to have info about, to help identify them or give any clues to use against them. Others make a bit more sense, but all have characters you wouldn’t think of first as the hero of the tale. Another close to the best was Bad Reputations by Lily Luchesi, a tale of a vampire who side-lines as a mercenary killer of hire. She takes out any bad guys, human or supernatural. She was forced into becoming a vampire and the tale comes full circle, when the mayor asks her to help get her son back from a vampire nest, but with a big twist in the tale. Quite a nice one at that! Nice short stories, of which you can read as many or as few as you like. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Another tale tells of warring neighbours, one under a tyrant of a king, who banished all magical beings, or should I say, put them to death and only the lucky few escaped to the neighbouring side of the river, to sanctuary. The abbey was a place of sanctuary and when three riders come in, demanding to be presented with three of the sisters, who came to the abbey some fifteen years before. Apparently they will be put in front of the justice of three, as one is thought to be the heir of the evil king who used magic, before this current tyrant. The men that come for the three sisters from the abbey, are cruel and also starving, as magic is no longer used to help crops grow. So the very actions of a leader to abolish magic, lead to them starving and treated harshly. A kind action by one of the sisters, reveals who she really is and her death is almost guaranteed.
Oathbound by Kat Parrish was my favourite of the tales in the book and a good bit longer than some of the other tales, which were somewhat harder to follow as they were so short. If you maybe knew the authors other stories or the story is was part of a series of, it may make more sense. One seems to just ramble about a group of ruffians who got injured in a job and are sitting in hospital, waiting to be seen. They are given job applications by the boss of their rival gang, someone their own boss would love to have info about, to help identify them or give any clues to use against them. Others make a bit more sense, but all have characters you wouldn’t think of first as the hero of the tale. Another close to the best was Bad Reputations by Lily Luchesi, a tale of a vampire who side-lines as a mercenary killer of hire. She takes out any bad guys, human or supernatural. She was forced into becoming a vampire and the tale comes full circle, when the mayor asks her to help get her son back from a vampire nest, but with a big twist in the tale. Quite a nice one at that! Nice short stories, of which you can read as many or as few as you like. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
April 3, 2022
This review is JUST for Boy with No Name by KA Wiggins. I received a copy of this short story through Story Origin and I haven't read the rest of the anthology.
The world that Wiggins created certainly looks interesting. Not having read their other work, it definitely had me intrigued. The dynamics of the people in power, plus how the world was split up, also very intriguing. It had me interested enough to want to read the story this spawned from.
The short story itself, though, was trying to do a bit too much all at once. I had a very hard time keeping track of the plot and who was doing what where. There was a lot of expositionary flashbacks that kept ripping me out of the current plot, which alone was really hard to follow. It felt like I was being bombarded by a lot of information with not enough room to explore it. By the end of the story, my head was spinning.
Again, with that being said, I'm still interested enough in BLIND THE EYES, the first story in this series, that I'd like to read it. I don't think this short was the author's best showing, but I think she's on to something with this world and the magic and the characters, so I'd like to see where she goes with it.
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The world that Wiggins created certainly looks interesting. Not having read their other work, it definitely had me intrigued. The dynamics of the people in power, plus how the world was split up, also very intriguing. It had me interested enough to want to read the story this spawned from.
The short story itself, though, was trying to do a bit too much all at once. I had a very hard time keeping track of the plot and who was doing what where. There was a lot of expositionary flashbacks that kept ripping me out of the current plot, which alone was really hard to follow. It felt like I was being bombarded by a lot of information with not enough room to explore it. By the end of the story, my head was spinning.
Again, with that being said, I'm still interested enough in BLIND THE EYES, the first story in this series, that I'd like to read it. I don't think this short was the author's best showing, but I think she's on to something with this world and the magic and the characters, so I'd like to see where she goes with it.
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November 7, 2020
Fool Me Twice by C.L. Cannon from The Devil You Know: A Fiction-Atlas Anti-Hero Anthology; was a good quick read. This is a collection of short stories so there were a few quick reads all from different authors. You get the chance to get quickly dipped into a few different story arcs and meet new characters. Fool Me Once by C.L. Cannon was a well written quick read.
You get to meet Athaliah, learn a bit about Ava as well as Samael the POV of our story. He seems like a very complex and haunted Immortal.
This is the only story that I have read so far in The Devil You Know: A Fiction-Atlas Press Anti-Hero Anthology. I very much enjoyed reading this and I recommend giving this Anthology a try.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
You get to meet Athaliah, learn a bit about Ava as well as Samael the POV of our story. He seems like a very complex and haunted Immortal.
This is the only story that I have read so far in The Devil You Know: A Fiction-Atlas Press Anti-Hero Anthology. I very much enjoyed reading this and I recommend giving this Anthology a try.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 15, 2020
A Boy With No Name - I have only read this story as it is part of a series I’ve been following. The story was well enough written and gave some background information on one of the main characters in the series, Ravel. I’m not sure how that I would understand the story if I’d read it as a stand-alone work in an anthology if I hadn’t already read the other two books in the Thread of Dreams series first. Those books / story are quite convoluted and confusing at times and the story goes some way into explaining some of the things that have happened to the series main protagonist, Cole. I can’t really comment about the rest of the stories in the anthology at this time
December 8, 2021
Boy with No Name—from The Devil You Know: A Fiction-Atlas Anti-Hero Anthology That name says it all. This anthology consists of twelve tales that explore the grittier side of live, the down and dirty. The place where people have to make life's hardest choices, and have to say the Hell with your reputation of who you thought you were - is no more. These short stories cover the who gambit of fantasy. The stories explore anciet cities, and back allies. Some take place in castles while others in graveyards. We look at the bad guys and wonder are they really so bad!
December 14, 2020
Short addictive stories about anti-heroes coming to the rescue. Each one different. Each one showing the best side of someone who is an unexpected hero/heroine. Most are paranormal stories of vampires, dragons, psychics, etc, and of a seriously evil baddie that must be taken down. With some daring rescues. A good read.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author via Voracious Readers Only.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author via Voracious Readers Only.
October 2, 2020
This was a pretty short but interesting read. I hadn’t read the first book, so parts were a bit confusing to me, as well as the switches from present to past, at first. I am interested to see where the storyline will lead, though, so I’m looking forward to the next book.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 6, 2025
Minimal errors and well written.
Do NOT read out of order like I did. I was so lost.
I then read the whole series and liked it a lot. If you are like me and get confused easy, then this may not be the set for you.
If you love fast paced adventure and can keep up with ever changing scenery and people, then go for it and buy the series.
Do NOT read out of order like I did. I was so lost.
I then read the whole series and liked it a lot. If you are like me and get confused easy, then this may not be the set for you.
If you love fast paced adventure and can keep up with ever changing scenery and people, then go for it and buy the series.
September 29, 2020
I read one of these The Boy with No Name. It is a quick read. I liked that it gave the boy’s background in easy to follow snippets. I liked his determination as well.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 2, 2020
This is a great collection of stories by some amazing authors like C.L. Cannon ,K.A. Wiggins , J.M. Rhineheart, Scott Moore and many others. This is great book that you won’t be able to put down.
January 14, 2021
Great bundle!! I down loaded this for CL Cannon I enjoyed the whole collection! There are some great short storys here! Hoping some of them get expanded with more book! Amazing read!
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