Eye of the Daemon

by Camille Bacon-Smith

Book Overview

On a quest for her kidnapped half brother, Marnie Simpson hires a Philadelphia group of private investigators whose ties to the supernatural enable them to combat a staggering plan of conquest.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0886776732
• ISBN13: 9780886776732
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book

I was really amazed by this book. I got it as an interesting read, not expecting such a great tale! I do agree with one problem, and that is i felt there should or was a book before this since the large reference to the past. However, the past is all explained in this book, but i was disapointed to learn there is NOT a book before this one , otherwise i'd be reading it now. The book doesn't qualify as a mystery but more a sci-fi, which makes it all the better to me, and paranormal type book. The book was NEVER boring and happily i never has to skip any "slow parts". If you like daemons, paranormal, etc. i can almost gaurantee you'de like this book. To be more clear on what it is ABOUT, its about a woman who goes to a private detective agency of Bradely, Ryan, and Davis, that specialize in handling "cases involving the occult with descretion", though by some rather daemonic means...However, the plot is raveled with alterial motives and our protagonists soon find themsleves in a rather difficult situation. I highly recomend this book, as well as "Eyes of the Empress." to add a last quote from the hardcover additoin Daemons, Inc.--"They're detectives on a mission. And their methods are...diabolical."

Entertaining storytelling

This is entertaining reading. It's a story about the involuntary entanglement of other-dimensional beings in human affairs. The sex is a bit too graphic for my tastes, and I don't think the motivations of the daemons are adequately explained for one of the major actions in the plot. The portrait of the daemons' native society is interesting and well done, but it didn't convey to me a sense that I was looking at fundamentally alien thought processes in certain respects. But making aliens feel both truly strange and comprehensible at the same time is a very difficult art; the author perhaps errs on the side of comprehensibility. The work is not trite or cliche in any sense; I've never seen this subject addressed from this angle.Far too many recent novels are much too long for their plots, filled up with irrelevancies that bog down the story; that is, most emphatically, not among the author's faults; her craftsmanship in keeping the tale moving and exciting is superb. The sequel to this book, Eyes of the Empress, is dramatically stronger still.

Urban fantasy at its' most creative

There are seven spheres in the heavens. Each one is ruled by an angel, sometimes called a daemon. None of the ruling angels want anything to do with that abomination called earth. Though the two species can mate, their offspring are insane monsters who die young. Ironically, a daemon can be tricked into being bound to a human as has happened to Badad, host of Ariton, who learned about a son he was unaware even existed until they met and felt the connection. For four years, Evan Davis bound his father and his cousin Lily to him so as to insure they never leave him. Although circumstances force Evan to break the spell, neither Badad nor Lily vanishes. Instead, the trio continue with their detective agency and uneasily work together on the disappearance of the dowager Empress' crystal balls. The last one that is missing, the Moon Stone was previously on display at the nearby Philadelphia Art Museum. It is imperative to retrieve the missing objects because they are much more valuable than just art. They possess a power that might prove too strong for two daemons and a halfling to overcome. The sequel to the EYE OF THE DEMON magnificently depicts the struggle of beings beyond mortal understanding who feel more human than they would like. Though the hybrid mating of human and daemon seem like the ideal from two planes, bias on both sides make it difficult for the halfling. Camille Bacon-Smith has created a brilliant urban fantasy in EYES OF THE EMPRESS that effortlessly merges horror and mystery. This series will appeal to fans of both genres and anyone who wants something a bit different.Harriet Klausner

Graet plot!

I really like the story but it would be better if there was another book explaining what Evan was going through before Badad showed up.

I loved this book, this is how Daemons should be.

This is how Daemons should be, but it really deserves a sequel to tell how everything works out after the meeting between Thoth and the Daemons.