From Hell with Love

by Simon R. Green

Book Overview

It's no walk in the park for a Drood, a member of the family that has protected humanity from the things that go bump in the night for centuries. They aren't much liked by the creatures they kill, by ungrateful humans, or even by one another. Now their Matriarch is dead, and it's up to Eddie Drood, acting head of the family, to figure out whodunit. Unpopular opinion is divided: it was either Eddie's best girl, Molly. Or Eddie himself. And Eddie knows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451463323
• ISBN13: 9780451463326
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Roc
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Eddie Loses Mollie

From Hell with Love (2010) is the fourth Fantasy novel in The Secret History series, following The Spy Who Haunted Me. In the previous volume, the Independent Agent double-crossed agents contesting to be his successor. Several were killed in the trials. Then he found out the hard way that Drood armor had changed. In the novel, Edwin Drood is a field agent of the Drood family, the protectors of humanity against magic and aliens. Eddie had been head of the family for a while, but set up a democratic system to select his replacement. He is very fond of Molly. Molly Metcalf is a witch and a critic of the Drood Family. She likes Eddie, but hates most of his family. She has two sisters, both of whom are strong witches. Martha Drood is Eddie's grandmother. She had been the Matriarch. Now she has been elected as the head of the family, subject to an advisory council. Jack Drood is the Family Armourer and Eddie's Uncle. He runs the madcap team that come up with all the cool gadgets. Doctor Delirium is a mad scientist. He had been a talented -- but not uncommon -- researcher until he inherited his uncle's fortune and private soldiers. In the story, Eddie comes to Los Angeles. After a fourteen hour flight and LA traffic, Eddie is a bit irritated. He meets with Luther Drood -- the local field agent -- and they scout the Magnificat Hotel. The Magnificat is not yet open, but the Really Old Curiosity Shoppe is having an auction on the top floor. They have a fine assortment of magical, alien and just plain weird items for sale, but Eddie is mainly interested in the Apocalypse Door. This very dangerous artifact could let all Hell invade the Earth en masse. After they arrive at the hotel, Eddie uses his second sight to scan the area. Everything looks normal until he notices the dragon at the top. It looks hungry, but dragons usually do. Eddie and Luther break into the wards and shields surrounding the hotel and take out two guards. Then they ride up to the top floor on the previously locked elevator. There they find Doctor Delirium's soldiers fighting against another mercenary group. The two Droods start whomping the mercenaries while Doctor Delirium studies the Apocalypse Door. After defeating the soldiers, Eddie turns to capture Doctor Delirium. Then both Delirium and the Apocalypse Door vanish from the room. Eddie breaks the hotel. Eddie returns to London after failing in his mission, but first goes to his flat in Kensington rather than Drood Hall. He uses the Merlin Glass to visit the wildwoods, but Mollie is not there. So Eddie returns home. Then he uses the Glass to go to the roof of Drood Hall. He looks around at the grounds and takes the back stair down to the Sanctity room. On the way, he checks in with Ethel. The Matriarch and the Council are waiting in the Sanctity. Uncle Jack gives him a nod, but Harry is sarcastic as usual. The Matriarch mentions the destruction of the hotel. The meeting does not go very well.

Give me more Drood

Every book in these series has been fun, exciting, well written, creative with great characters and a fantastic premise. I devoured this in a day. I love that Green's universes are slowly becoming more and more interconnected. This has a great ending and I can't wait for the next one! Where is the audiobook??

Great Series

I've really enjoyed this series. The plots can be a little formulaic but Green keeps enough twists and turns in them that they stay interesting...even if you read most of them back to back like I did!

Simon R. Green is Great

Imagine if James Bond had attended Hogwarts, and could use magic and had a magic suit that protected him. Now imagine that the bad guys don't just have guns and sharks, they have magic, doomsday machines, and advanced scientific technology. This is just a taste of what Green's fourth The Secret Histories Novel, From Hell With Love, is like. From Hell With Love is an exciting and exhilarating novel that takes readers on a rollercoaster of a ride through the mysteries of the Drood family. I would recommend to any new reader that they read the first three books in the series, as it explains the back stories of some of the characters better than the quick explanations this book offers. That said if necessary there are enough explanations to get a first time reader through From Hell With Love. Not that I'd recommend it. Fans of Green's other bestselling series, such as the Deathstalker and Nightside series will love Green's continuation of action packed worlds as he weaves all three of his hit series together in the Secret Histories Series. Finally, From Hell With Love ends with a shocking conclusion that will leave fans and first time readers alike stunned and clamoring for the next few sentences of the next novel. All in all From Hell With Love is a great novel that any fan of science fiction, fantasy, or action adventure novels will love. [...]

fun save the earth urban fantasy

Eddie Drood reflects on the changes in his life since becoming family head as he wallows is self pity, but sill leads the charge of protecting humanity from creatures mankind prefers to pretend do not exist. The ingrates treat the Droods like mental lepers. Currently Eddie's prime assignment as the temp in charge is to discover who killed his predecessor the family Matriarch though he knows the Drood broods bet on either him or his girlfriend Molly to figure it ouh; Eddie's wager is on Molly as he knows he did not kill the old hag. Eddie attends a minor auction of priceless magical artifacts when Doctor Delirium steals and escapes with the Apocalypse Door. The portal can be used to enable the denizens of hell to enter this world. Eddie must prevent this from happening because once the beasts cross, it will prove impossible to end the apocalypse. However, he soon concludes that diabolical dastardly Doctor Delirium decrees death to Droods so he and his violent volatile malevolent allies can cross over and destroy the world. The fourth Secret Histories save the earth urban fantasy (see The Spy Who Haunted Me, The Man With The Golden Torc and Daemons Are Forever) is a fun thriller; as Eddie raps to the only person who listens to him (himself) and that Kermit is almost right as it is not easy being Drood. The story line is fast-paced in spite of a series of battles that have an interchangeable sameness feel to them. However, it is Eddie's introspection on Marmalade Reflections of My Life that make for a deep satirical spin skewing espionage and supernatural thrillers as only a Drood could and would. Harriet Klausner