This book could almost be ripped right from today's headlines. I found some parallels between this book and Rosenberg's current political thriller series, which I also really am enjoying. I love it when talented authors present a fictional account of real world events occurring in End Times prophecy. I will continue to follow this series.

3 1/2 - 4 Hearts

 

Apocalypse 02

 

Review written for MM Good Book Reviews

 

Remy Chandler lives a life he enjoys, with his dog and his wife. But now his wife is dying, age is something he doesn't have to deal with but she does, and there's nothing really he can do about it. He is an angel who decided to investigate what being human was like and found himself living among them. Deathless he can communicate with anything that has sentience and after several centuries he can put his hands to most jobs. He's investigating for a divorce case when the man shoots his lover and then himself and fails to die. What disturbs Remy more is that the man can see him for what he really is. It's then that Remy finds out that the embodyment of death is missing, that he has a mission to find him and that there's rumours of an apocalypse, and his dog Marlowe needs a run in the park! Marlowe steals the show in the book. I liked Remy and a lot of it reminded me of Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens, (only without the antichrist) I was quite pleased to see that there were sequels.

It's about a girl with anorexia and her delusions of being Famine riding the pale horse. When she attempted suicide by ingesting some of her mothers pills , Death came knocking at her door in the form of a postman . literally. She answers the door and was given a package and told that she was Famine. Inside the package was of course the Scales. quote: She, Lisabeth Lewis, seventeen and anorexic and suicidal and uncertain of her own path- she'd done something that mattered. She'd ignored her own pain and had helped others.

As the Demonata series progresses, it becomes ever more complicated and interesting. It also becomes more gross and imaginative. The story of Demon Apocalypse starts directly after the happenings of the fifth book of the series, Blood Beast. Grubbs is still on the plane with Lord Loss and Juni, and things aren't looking up for him. We also meet a lot of characters from the previous books again, but I won't spoil the surprise on that one.The book instantly throws you into the gruesomeness. I quote the first few lines of Demon Apocalypse:"A demon shaped like a giant scorpion digs its stinger into a woman's eyes. As they pop, it spits eggs into the bloody sockets, then watches with its almost human face as the eggs hatch and wriggling maggots feast on her flesh."Sheesh, way to easing us in! I'm surprised by the gore-factor of these novels every single time, even though I know before I start reading them that they will be gross. Mr Shan really doesn't spare us in any way in terms of graphic ways of letting people die. I'm not sure how much I like his approach, but he is really good at what he does. I very much enjoyed the storyline of Demon Apocalypse. I was slightly disappointed that Mr Shan uses a plot device he has used before in one of his other books (not telling you which one though) but I guess there really was no other way. I love the way the series is starting to tie together. The first few Demonata books can be read as seperates, but starting from book five they really can't any more. If you don't know the background you'll be missing out. I'm curious to see where the story goes, since there are still four books to read. The next book, Death's Shadow will feature Bec again. She's my favourite character, so that ought to be fun!