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Immortals of the Apocalypse #2
Soul Savior
A beacon of hope in a desperate world. The lives of thousands ripe for taking. Can an immortal monster be humanity’s salvation?
For five hundred years, Emrys Stone has kept his true nature secret. But when moonlight exposes him as anything but human, he faces a choice: abandon the guaranteed supply of souls he needs to survive, or let them believe he is divine and seize control.
With his lover’s life in jeopardy, Emrys ascends as Providence’s angelic leader. But not everyone is ready to sing Kumbaya and follow a self-proclaimed messiah. Old and new factions threaten the underground city, stopping at nothing to destroy him and his disciples and gain power for themselves.
Can Emrys lead the remnants of humankind to a bright future, or will he extinguish the light at the end of the tunnel?
Soul Savior is the second compelling novel in the Immortals of the Apocalypse gay paranormal sci-fi series. If you like Machiavellian messiahs, post-apocalyptic politics, and angst-ridden angels, you’ll love Daniel de Lorne’s tale of tumult.
For five hundred years, Emrys Stone has kept his true nature secret. But when moonlight exposes him as anything but human, he faces a choice: abandon the guaranteed supply of souls he needs to survive, or let them believe he is divine and seize control.
With his lover’s life in jeopardy, Emrys ascends as Providence’s angelic leader. But not everyone is ready to sing Kumbaya and follow a self-proclaimed messiah. Old and new factions threaten the underground city, stopping at nothing to destroy him and his disciples and gain power for themselves.
Can Emrys lead the remnants of humankind to a bright future, or will he extinguish the light at the end of the tunnel?
Soul Savior is the second compelling novel in the Immortals of the Apocalypse gay paranormal sci-fi series. If you like Machiavellian messiahs, post-apocalyptic politics, and angst-ridden angels, you’ll love Daniel de Lorne’s tale of tumult.
330 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 22, 2021
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Daniel de Lorne
21 books102 followersDaniel de Lorne writes about men, monsters and magic.
In love with writing since he wrote a story about a talking tree at age six, his first novel, the romantic horror Beckoning Blood, was published in 2014. At the heart of every book is a romance between two men, whether they’re irresistible vampires, historical hotties, or professional paramours.
If you take your LGBT romance fiction with supernatural, urban fantasy or contemporary flavoring, Daniel de Lorne delivers.
In his other life, Daniel is a professional writer and researcher in Perth, Australia, with a love of history and nature. All of which makes for great story fodder.
And when he’s not working, he and his husband explore as much of this amazing world as they can, from the ruins of Welsh abbeys to trekking famous routes and swimming with whales.
To get to the real heart of the matter, visit danieldelorne.com.
In love with writing since he wrote a story about a talking tree at age six, his first novel, the romantic horror Beckoning Blood, was published in 2014. At the heart of every book is a romance between two men, whether they’re irresistible vampires, historical hotties, or professional paramours.
If you take your LGBT romance fiction with supernatural, urban fantasy or contemporary flavoring, Daniel de Lorne delivers.
In his other life, Daniel is a professional writer and researcher in Perth, Australia, with a love of history and nature. All of which makes for great story fodder.
And when he’s not working, he and his husband explore as much of this amazing world as they can, from the ruins of Welsh abbeys to trekking famous routes and swimming with whales.
To get to the real heart of the matter, visit danieldelorne.com.
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A beacon of hope in a desperate world. The lives of thousands ripe for taking. Can an immortal monster be humanity’s salvation?
For five hundred years, Emrys Stone has kept his true nature secret. But when moonlight exposes him as anything but human, he faces a choice: abandon the guaranteed supply of souls he needs to survive, or let them believe he is divine and seize control.
With his lover’s life in jeopardy, Emrys ascends as Providence’s angelic leader. But not everyone is ready to sing Kumbaya and follow a self-proclaimed messiah. Old and new factions threaten the underground city, stopping at nothing to destroy him and his disciples and gain power for themselves.
Can Emrys lead the remnants of humankind to a bright future, or will he extinguish the light at the end of the tunnel?
Soul Savior is the second compelling novel in the Immortals of the Apocalypse gay paranormal sci-fi series. If you like Machiavellian messiahs, post-apocalyptic politics, and angst-ridden angels, you’ll love Daniel de Lorne’s tale of tumult.
A beacon of hope in a desperate world. The lives of thousands ripe for taking. Can an immortal monster be humanity’s salvation?
For five hundred years, Emrys Stone has kept his true nature secret. But when moonlight exposes him as anything but human, he faces a choice: abandon the guaranteed supply of souls he needs to survive, or let them believe he is divine and seize control.
With his lover’s life in jeopardy, Emrys ascends as Providence’s angelic leader. But not everyone is ready to sing Kumbaya and follow a self-proclaimed messiah. Old and new factions threaten the underground city, stopping at nothing to destroy him and his disciples and gain power for themselves.
Can Emrys lead the remnants of humankind to a bright future, or will he extinguish the light at the end of the tunnel?
Soul Savior is the second compelling novel in the Immortals of the Apocalypse gay paranormal sci-fi series. If you like Machiavellian messiahs, post-apocalyptic politics, and angst-ridden angels, you’ll love Daniel de Lorne’s tale of tumult.
January 28, 2021
The human population cannot survive underground forever. Having become the shining beacon of hope for some, now Emrys must convince the rest of Providence to join in the efforts of securing a better future for them. Emrys would have them prosperous on the surface (in due time), but working together to ensure the survival and prosperity of all is not the priority shared by every citizen. Inspired and accompanied by his human lover Galen, can the Immortal One heal the rifts between factions and turn the tide on the odds?
Soul Savior is the anticipated continuation to de Lorne's skillfully woven tale of the Immortals of the Apocalypse. Action and excitement, intrigue and sabotage, hope and fear, faith and doubt, in beautiful and gripping writing. As usual, the exquisite imagery de Lorne paints is sure to captivate and enthrall.
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Setting a Course for Prosperity
- 'Anything worth having must be hard fought'
The story picks up where the previous book ended, with Emrys glowing in the moonlight, surrounded by soldiers, and hoping for Galen to be able to return to Providence, to the safety of that underground ark. However, some of the soldiers seem convinced that Emrys is in fact an angel, divine. Emrys keeps telling them (and his adoring lover) that he is not what they think he is, but... all he wants is to keep Galen safe, and that means making some tough decisions. Now Emrys must choose between honouring the original agreement or staying and shouldering the responsibility that his new followers would have him bear.
It would be easy to get drunk on the power, but Emrys remains determined to guide them on what he considers the right path, not to rule with fear, to rather inspire unity than division, to encourage reconciliation instead of recrimination. Things could go wrong so easily.. Constantly undermined, not everyone shares his conviction that the future of Providence lies on the surface, in finding a way to make the soil fertile and the earth capable of supporting life again. For the dream to become reality is required dedication and the hard toil of working together for a common goal, but it is not seen as lucrative by all. Having a perennial thorn or few in his side seems ineluctable. Also, belief, once awakened, is a tricky, unpredictable thing.
A catalyst for change, no longer having to hide, it still is no easy task to heal the rifts between factions, first to give them hope and a direction, then channel that hope into something real, all the while religious passion and tempers flare, making it all the harder for peace to prevail. Already few enough in number, they cannot afford to tear themselves apart, yet deep fractures become all the more clear. The continuous clashes between the Defenders and the Reformed, then with others... As if the tensions from earlier weren't enough, now Emrys has to deal with rebels, uprising, a widening divide, sabotage... and even Galen, his prime motivation, seems to be drifting farther from him. How to hold on to hope when everything seems intent on falling apart? Will Providence in the end rather destroy itself than let Emrys help them make things right?
Providence was burning.
And they had nowhere else to go.
de Lorne goes on writing beautifully, the story is well-developed, and many of his metaphors and other choices are original and imaginative. de Lorne knows how to pull the reader in and keep them invested, getting more and more involved with the story and the characters. More often than not I found myself sharing in the intensity of Emrys's longing for one of those rare, brilliant smiles of Galen's, unguarded and welcoming. Speaking of which, the character of Galen, for one, is someone to admire, for more than just his charm. At some points the story gets very emotional, hard to read in a good way. Several points are along the way raised for consideration that inspire to stop and think about the world around us and how our fellow humans have it even now. We have a lot to learn. Every life is precious, whether or not you're a Darisami on a rationed diet.
For a terrain so parched, some of the water-related metaphors and so on are exquisitely beautiful in their contexts. For example the way Emrys's speech is described at one point, as the rapids get stronger and his words become a wild torrent, his voice finally as unrelenting as a maelstrom. Also the description of how the wind for the first time caresses these faces so long held underground, their first meeting with it ... lovely with its reinvigorating power. Just to name a few. de Lorne's masterful writing remains a delightful oasis in modern literature.
This is a work of art definitely worth delving into, along with its predecessor. Now to look forward to and anxiously await the last book in the trilogy, Soul Surrender in April 2021, with the shine of rough-cut emeralds still in the back of my mind ...
Soul Savior is the anticipated continuation to de Lorne's skillfully woven tale of the Immortals of the Apocalypse. Action and excitement, intrigue and sabotage, hope and fear, faith and doubt, in beautiful and gripping writing. As usual, the exquisite imagery de Lorne paints is sure to captivate and enthrall.
--
Setting a Course for Prosperity
- 'Anything worth having must be hard fought'
The story picks up where the previous book ended, with Emrys glowing in the moonlight, surrounded by soldiers, and hoping for Galen to be able to return to Providence, to the safety of that underground ark. However, some of the soldiers seem convinced that Emrys is in fact an angel, divine. Emrys keeps telling them (and his adoring lover) that he is not what they think he is, but... all he wants is to keep Galen safe, and that means making some tough decisions. Now Emrys must choose between honouring the original agreement or staying and shouldering the responsibility that his new followers would have him bear.
It would be easy to get drunk on the power, but Emrys remains determined to guide them on what he considers the right path, not to rule with fear, to rather inspire unity than division, to encourage reconciliation instead of recrimination. Things could go wrong so easily.. Constantly undermined, not everyone shares his conviction that the future of Providence lies on the surface, in finding a way to make the soil fertile and the earth capable of supporting life again. For the dream to become reality is required dedication and the hard toil of working together for a common goal, but it is not seen as lucrative by all. Having a perennial thorn or few in his side seems ineluctable. Also, belief, once awakened, is a tricky, unpredictable thing.
A catalyst for change, no longer having to hide, it still is no easy task to heal the rifts between factions, first to give them hope and a direction, then channel that hope into something real, all the while religious passion and tempers flare, making it all the harder for peace to prevail. Already few enough in number, they cannot afford to tear themselves apart, yet deep fractures become all the more clear. The continuous clashes between the Defenders and the Reformed, then with others... As if the tensions from earlier weren't enough, now Emrys has to deal with rebels, uprising, a widening divide, sabotage... and even Galen, his prime motivation, seems to be drifting farther from him. How to hold on to hope when everything seems intent on falling apart? Will Providence in the end rather destroy itself than let Emrys help them make things right?
Providence was burning.
And they had nowhere else to go.
de Lorne goes on writing beautifully, the story is well-developed, and many of his metaphors and other choices are original and imaginative. de Lorne knows how to pull the reader in and keep them invested, getting more and more involved with the story and the characters. More often than not I found myself sharing in the intensity of Emrys's longing for one of those rare, brilliant smiles of Galen's, unguarded and welcoming. Speaking of which, the character of Galen, for one, is someone to admire, for more than just his charm. At some points the story gets very emotional, hard to read in a good way. Several points are along the way raised for consideration that inspire to stop and think about the world around us and how our fellow humans have it even now. We have a lot to learn. Every life is precious, whether or not you're a Darisami on a rationed diet.
For a terrain so parched, some of the water-related metaphors and so on are exquisitely beautiful in their contexts. For example the way Emrys's speech is described at one point, as the rapids get stronger and his words become a wild torrent, his voice finally as unrelenting as a maelstrom. Also the description of how the wind for the first time caresses these faces so long held underground, their first meeting with it ... lovely with its reinvigorating power. Just to name a few. de Lorne's masterful writing remains a delightful oasis in modern literature.
This is a work of art definitely worth delving into, along with its predecessor. Now to look forward to and anxiously await the last book in the trilogy, Soul Surrender in April 2021, with the shine of rough-cut emeralds still in the back of my mind ...
January 29, 2021
This book begins where the first installment of the series left off, so if you haven’t read that one yet, go back and start there! From here, Emrys’ challenges continue as he must immediately make a seriously difficult decision. One of the things I like best about this series is how skillfully the author makes Emrys’ struggles relatable, a feat that’s not an easy task when your protagonist is a soul-eating immortal trying to balance his need to preserve his supply of human food sources with his desire to do right by the mortal he loves and the society that mortal comes from, all in the context of the post-apocalyptic wasteland that they inhabit. To say that there’s a lot going on is an understatement, but that’s par for the course. I have to say that my opinion of Galen, Emrys’ beloved, wasn’t improved by his choices in this book: it hurts to see him choose the fantasy of Emrys’ divinity, rather than Emrys himself, even as it’s understandable. He’s very concerned about finding someone to follow, which doesn’t make him a very good partner-- the one thing Emrys actually needs. While eventually he has to confront some realities he really doesn’t want to (that’s all I’m saying, as spoilers are the worst) I’m not sure how much he’s really changed, or grown, despite his experiences. There’s still hope, though-- for Galen, for Emrys, and even humanity as a whole, although there’s plenty to despair about too. It’s amazing how well this book manages to balance readers on that knife’s edge of optimism and cynicism. Fair warning to readers too-- this installment also ends on a cliffhanger, and while I can’t wait for the final book to find out what’s next, I’m really going to miss the series when it’s done.
*An ARC was provided by the author and I have chosen to publish a fair and honest review*
*An ARC was provided by the author and I have chosen to publish a fair and honest review*
January 29, 2021
Thank you for the ARC read, I voluntarily give this book an honest review. The truth was out Emrys wasn't human. Force to return to Providence, Emrys agreement with Isaiah is over. Now he is using what he hates and killed his own kind over to help the people, more for Galen.
Now the divine is more important than anything but there are those that choose to stay rebellious or to blind of devotees. You can change the people if you allow those that corruption stay in power. Only one reason for him to keep staying was for Galen without him what is the point? Better to ask forgiveness than never being able to beg for permission, Dang this more moving then book one, after all everything Emrys was doing was to help but he really should've killed that a*hole you can choose which one they are soo many.
Now the divine is more important than anything but there are those that choose to stay rebellious or to blind of devotees. You can change the people if you allow those that corruption stay in power. Only one reason for him to keep staying was for Galen without him what is the point? Better to ask forgiveness than never being able to beg for permission, Dang this more moving then book one, after all everything Emrys was doing was to help but he really should've killed that a*hole you can choose which one they are soo many.
March 27, 2021
Great read
I'm not sure if I enjoyed this one more than the first, but I was very upset to find that the third book hasn't been released yet.
I'm not sure if I enjoyed this one more than the first, but I was very upset to find that the third book hasn't been released yet.
February 15, 2021
Deadly immortals that might actually save humanity
Plot and counter plot, Emrys can’t trust anyone, a once peaceful community splinters into several factions and the death toll keeps going up. Emrys can’t outwit the main bad guy, comes close to dying, as close as an immortal can, nearly loses Galen, and everything feels hopeless. Quite a long part 2 of the trilogy, and a lot to wade through, almost allegorical in places, the end of communism or the odd insane dictator, it’s very frustrating that Isaiah stays one step ahead. Massive cliffhanger at the end and a totally hopeless situation changes massively.
Plot and counter plot, Emrys can’t trust anyone, a once peaceful community splinters into several factions and the death toll keeps going up. Emrys can’t outwit the main bad guy, comes close to dying, as close as an immortal can, nearly loses Galen, and everything feels hopeless. Quite a long part 2 of the trilogy, and a lot to wade through, almost allegorical in places, the end of communism or the odd insane dictator, it’s very frustrating that Isaiah stays one step ahead. Massive cliffhanger at the end and a totally hopeless situation changes massively.
September 2, 2021
DNF...
This book has so much potential!!! accept the MC ... the same reason i can't go forward. I hesitated at book 1 as well. The MC is to weak ... and his love interest as well.
To bad ... the story really had potential!
This book has so much potential!!! accept the MC ... the same reason i can't go forward. I hesitated at book 1 as well. The MC is to weak ... and his love interest as well.
To bad ... the story really had potential!
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