Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner Gaviel, a smooth-talking demon who made his way out of hell, finds himself playing the part of Noah Wallace, son and heir apparent to a televangelist mission with bulging coffers. A perfect cover for a devil on the make Not everything can go according to plan, however. The mad demon Avitu is looking to recruit Gaviel, while the avenging angel Usiel just wants to send him back to Hell. And all the while, the spirit of Noah Wallace is clamoring for its body back, and getting just a little stronger every day. Even a devil eventually pays his dues.
I just finished Book Two of the Trilogy of the Fallen, "The Seven Deadlies." Greg Stolze continues to astound with his poetic paens of hope and redemmption and the dark depravities of both the human and divine heart. The story begun in "Ashes and Angel Wings" continues apace, though this time the focus is on the Devil Gaviel, Lord of the Summer Sun (instead of Sabriel and Hasmed), with Usiel and Avitu again bringing up the rear. There's again lots of juicy philosophical soul-searching and psychological observation that's my favorite part of Demon (one wonders if Ghosty is one of Mr. Stolze's alter-egos). Not much actually HAPPENS (relatively speaking), but then it is the middle part of a trilogy. One doesn't really mind, though, because Stolze is such a great writer.In the end, however, I didn't really enjoy it as much as A & AW. For some reason, I don't really like Gaviel. He says some good stuff, but he isn't quite sympathetic. But I don't really like Hasmed, either, so I'm not sure why that matters. Still, it's a good book and I'm very much looking forward to the conclusion and much more Demon fiction, or fiction of any kind, by Greg Stolze.A few nagging questions...What's in East St. Louis? A vamp, I presume, but I was thinking some other bit of WoD lore I'm not aware of might give the definitive answer.Where the people who held Rabbuddun (or whatever his name is) the demon hunters we're going to be seeing soon?What's Lucifer REALLY up to? Is the guy Usiel is encountering REALLY the Morningstar?
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