Preview: STORM DEMON: The Jake Helman Files Book Five

Storm Demon , Book Five of The Jake Helman Files, will be published by Medallion Press on October 1st.  To my knowledge, it will not be available as audio book from Audible.com.  I encourage Jake Heman fans and anyone else who's interested to pre-order the book from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.  I'm posting the special excerpt that will appear on the first page of the book below, to lure you into my web.  Storm Demon is the penultimate installment of the series - the sixth book, which won't be published until 2015, will probably be the last, at least for now,  With these six titles I've told the serialized saga that I set out to tell, and many of the mysteries I set up in the second book, Desperate Souls , and developed in Cosmic Forces and Tortured Spirits , will be solved in Storm Demon , setting the stage for what I hope will be a thrilling and satisfying conclusion.  I've developed an entire follow up trilogy in my head, but that will have to wait.  I'm grateful to Medallion for publishing this entire run, and to everyone there for supporting it.  Now I know how TV show runners feel going into their final season - the pressure to deliver a punch that will knock fans on their asses!

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Demon-Jake-Helman-Files/dp/1605427462/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374600782&sr=8-1&keywords=storm+demon+lamberson

Barnes & Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/storm-demon-gregory-lamberson/1114986811?ean=9781605427461


Plot description:

In the fifth book in the Jake Helman Files series, private investigator Jake Helman returns to New York City after fighting the battle of his life on Pavot Island to save his best friend, Edgar. He’s anxious to start a new life with NYPD homicide detective Maria Vasquez, but first he must search for psychic healer Laurel Doniger who disappeared while he was away. As Jake investigates Laurel’s secret past, he’s drawn into a conflict with a being that has existed since the dawn of mankind. This creature is known by many names—Lilith, succubus, witch—but Jake and his allies will come to know her as the Storm Demon, and she’ll destroy New York City to take revenge on those who interfere with her plans.

Jake Helman returns to New York City, anxious to start a new life with NYPD homicide detective Maria Vasquez. But the supernatural forces making his life hell have no intention of leaving him alone.

When psychic healer Laurel Doniger disappears, Jake lays his life on the line to bring her back alive. With time running out, he must uncover the truth behind Laurel’s secret past. He’s drawn into a conflict with a being who has existed since the dawn of mankind. She’ll destroy New York City to take revenge on those who interfere with her plans. This beautiful creature is known by many names—Lilith, succubus, witch—but Jake and his allies will come to know her as the Storm Demon. And the world will never be the same.

- See more at: http://medallionmediagroup.com/books/storm-demon/#sthash.m9OaFNjU.dpufEnticing blurb:

"Jake Helman keeps getting better and better."

Desomd Reddick, Dread Media (home of the hits!)

Jake Helman returns to New York City, anxious to start a new life with NYPD homicide detective Maria Vasquez. But the supernatural forces making his life hell have no intention of leaving him alone.

When psychic healer Laurel Doniger disappears, Jake lays his life on the line to bring her back alive. With time running out, he must uncover the truth behind Laurel’s secret past. He’s drawn into a conflict with a being who has existed since the dawn of mankind. She’ll destroy New York City to take revenge on those who interfere with her plans. This beautiful creature is known by many names—Lilith, succubus, witch—but Jake and his allies will come to know her as the Storm Demon. And the world will never be the same.

- See more at: http://medallionmediagroup.com/books/storm-demon/#sthash.m9OaFNjU.dpuf

Jake Helman returns to New York City, anxious to start a new life with NYPD homicide detective Maria Vasquez. But the supernatural forces making his life hell have no intention of leaving him alone.

When psychic healer Laurel Doniger disappears, Jake lays his life on the line to bring her back alive. With time running out, he must uncover the truth behind Laurel’s secret past. He’s drawn into a conflict with a being who has existed since the dawn of mankind. She’ll destroy New York City to take revenge on those who interfere with her plans. This beautiful creature is known by many names—Lilith, succubus, witch—but Jake and his allies will come to know her as the Storm Demon. And the world will never be the same.

- See more at: http://medallionmediagroup.com/books/storm-demon/#sthash.m9OaFNjU.dpuf

And here's the promised excerpt.  As a tease, I'll tell you that I drew inspiration for this novel from two filmmakers who had a tremendous influence on my imagination when I was a child: Ray Harryhausen and Irwin Allen.

The door crashed open behind Jake, and the sound of hissing
filled the corridor, drowning out the sound of his footsteps.
Jake skidded to a stop and raised the gun to his shoulder.
Through the night vision scope he saw a creature with the upper
body of a woman and the lower body of a snake bearing down
on him at an incredible speed. He aimed the gun in the other
direction and saw a corner fifty yards ahead. Dropping the
weapon on its strap he sprinted, his boots pounding the tiled floor.
The hissing grew louder and more frantic.

Jake turned the corner and slid to a stop. He freed the
ATAC’s strap from around him and raised the weapon to his
shoulder. T rough the scope he saw the creature whip around
the corner and look in his direction. He lowered the barrel
over his stump and lunged forward, thrusting the knife on
the barrel’s edge.

The knife cut into something solid, and the beast unleashed
a hideous sound. Jake drew the blade out and thrust
again, cutting into her sternum a second time. He pulled the
blade out again, but this time something smacked the ATAC
out of his hand with a whip-like snap, and he knew the monster
had used her snake body to disarm him.

Jake backed up, ready to run, but something ensnared his
ankles and jerked his legs out from under him. He landed on
his back with a grunt, then clawed at the floor as the creature
dragged him toward her. Lightning flashed outside the
windows, illuminating her as she released Jake’s ankles and
wrapped her snake body around his legs and torso, pinning
his arms to his sides.