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Needing something to read for the holidays, my boyfriend gave me a stack of books he had on his bookshelf, most he hadn't even read. The Devil's Breath was one of them. An exciting, fast paced book that I did enjoy reading, even if some of the events (such as Max instinctively knowing how to fly a plane with no training, and his transformations into birds) were a little far fetched, it was still an enjoyable read.

Wasn't bad, but I don't think I'll pursue the third book. Max Gordon is kind of getting on my nerves.

*Genre* Urban Fantasy*Rating* 3*My Thoughts*In the 38th installment of the Rogue Angel series, our protagonist archaeologist Annja Creed, finds herself in Andalucia, Spain (Cadiz) where she settles in for a dig after being on the road for the previous two months. Annja enjoys archaeology and any time she gets to spend outside doing what she knows best, and away from her crazy TV show Chasing History's Monsters, is time away from fighting the bad guys and trying to stay one step ahead of trouble.Of course, Annja also loves to get involved in things that she should probably stay away from. Example: illegal artefact trafficking which leads to the inevitable belief that she has a moral obligation to stop it. So, when she naturally comes across a body in a hotel room next to hers, she realizes that there is definitely something fishy going on in Cadiz. This leads Annja to an encounter with bullfighter Diego Mantera, Ava Vital a dancer/former special ops/assassin, a less than above the board museum curator James Harlow, Police officer Cesar Soto, and a reunion of sorts, with Garin Braden who just happens to be in Cadiz at the same time as Annja. Garin, sometimes ally, sometimes nemesis of Annja, has his fingers in so many different angles, it's hard to deal with his apparent focus Annya and her Joan of Arc broadsword she carries. Apparently, Garin finds that Annja is a person of interest for both him and Roux that needs watching over. In The Matador's Crown, Garin and Annja once again join forces, albeit temporarily, and this encounter should lead to some interesting challenges for Annya in future novels.I find it interesting that I continue with this series knowing that there are still 10 or more books out there to read and I'm totally in the dark as to who is actually writing the stories. There is a bit of inconsistency in this story, but that shouldn't surprise anyone who has read the previous 38 novels!This series is truly hard to come by unless you choose to purchase each book via Amazon, or some place that offers them. Thankfully, there are libraries out there who have made an attempt to keep up on this series for readers like me who are obsessed and maybe a bit addicted.Published September 4th 2012 by Gold Eagle (first published September 1st 2012) 39. City of Swords (October 2012)40. The Third Caliph (January 2nd 2013)41. Staff of Judea (March 5th 2013)42. The Vanishing Tribe (May 7th 2013)43. Clockwork Doomsday (July 1st 2013)44. Blood Cursed (September 3rd 2013)45. Sunken Pyramid (November 2013)46. Treasure of Lima (January 2014)47. River of Nightmares (March 2014)48. Grendel’s Curse (May 2014)

This book was MUCH better than the last few have been. I really would love to know who wrote this book. You can tell whoever it was actually gets the storyline and doesn't come up with crap like the last book.Archaeologist Annja Creed actually gets to look for an artifact that may or may not be Gabriels Horn; something that per legend will end the world if it falls into the wrong hands. The wrong hands this time appear to be Roux, and not Garin. She also gets into several running battles with competitors of Roux who want a painting that leads to Gabriels Horn.Surprisingly, Garin actually plays a fairly good guy in this novel. He saves Annya more than once, and he also ends up not stealing the artifact. Garin still rankles me a bit, however, when he gets so demanding with Annya and demands that she go to dinner with him, then sends a dress maker to her room. Of course, they end up in an ambush; as if that's new! *Wouldn't it be nice to actually have a person like Garin who sends a dressmaker and make-up person to pamper you with? Just saying!Then there's the mysterious George, a man who dresses as though he is homeless, but knows all about Annya's sword and her destiny. I'm still not sure who he is and the book never really says either, but he does save the day in the end. He also warns Annya that Roux can not get his hands on Gabriels Horn or else the world will end.*This is the one reason I reduced my rating; who is this guy!Annya's best friend and NYPD Detective Bart actually appears more in this novel than any of the previous ones combined. I like Bart, but at times I wish Annya would actually tell him what is going on with her. It would make the relationship so much better now that he's not married.Then you have the mysterious Saladin and Salome who are all after a certain painting. Saladin and Garin have a history it appears, and Salome used to be Roux's assistant before she stole his notebook that contained a list of artifacts that Roux is looking for.The action is pretty much non stop from the first chapter when Annya is an advisor on a film and mysterious men with green scimitars on their necks try to kill her, (they work for Saladin) to the ending where Annya and Garin find Gabriel's Horn and end up in a running gun fight in Turkey.