Dead 2 Rites

by D.G.D. Davidson, Roffles Lowell (Illustrator)

Dana Volt, eleven-year-old powerhouse, and Jake Blatowski, befuddled teenager, are back for more in the action-packed sequel to Jake and the Dynamo!Just when Jake thinks he might finally get a break, he has to face down a murderous kaiju with a skin condition and join the city’s hardest-rocking magical girl in an underground battle against an army of bloodthirsty pastry chefs. As if that weren’t enough, he also has to deal with Pretty Dynamo’s newest rival, a human Swiss Army knife who revels in rule-breaking.But behind the chaos of these latest threats to mankind’s existence looms a greater evil, for Lord Shadow’s baleful eye has again fallen upon the Earth. Now a conspiracy of monsters may awaken a mad god from the sea of uncreation outside the cosmos—and the only girl who could unite humanity’s defenders for a final stand is slowly succumbing to madness.

530 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2021

About the author

D. G. D. Davidson is an archaeologist, librarian, and magical girl enthusiast. He is the author of the JAKE AND THE DYNAMO series, featuring the madcap adventures of the luckless Jake Blatowski and the surly Pretty Dynamo.

Davidson makes his home in various places throughout the Midwest, where he pops up at unexpected time and in unexpected places to deliver extemporaneous pontifications on Cardcaptor Sakura or Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. He is excessively fond of cheese and flavored whiskey, and he blogs on occasion at www.deusexmagicalgirl.com.

Reviews

[steven wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

fast paced

A lot of hard action, death, destruction, world-ending catastrophes, along with school high jinx. Nice cliffhanger, but the brattiness of the children gets a bit old.