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God Wars: Living With Angels
Sixteen-year-old old gymnast, Diana Jalinowski, had it all, including a shot at the Olympics, thanks to her talent, dedication, and a strange “other” power that allowed her to do things others couldn’t. Then a deranged hoodlum drove Diana off the road and into a wheelchair, killing her family in the process.
Years later, as a paraplegic law student, Diana meets Professor Lessage, an odd, brooding man who talks her into doing a paper on the legal ramifications of the Salem Witch trials. Suddenly Diana’s life takes another sharp turn, right into witchcraft, a demon she can’t resist, an angel she can’t trust, 3-foot tall aliens she can’t defeat, and the chance to get even with all the bad people out there… unless of course she destroys the world in the process.
Diana has justice in her hands, and she’s really, really pissed off.
Years later, as a paraplegic law student, Diana meets Professor Lessage, an odd, brooding man who talks her into doing a paper on the legal ramifications of the Salem Witch trials. Suddenly Diana’s life takes another sharp turn, right into witchcraft, a demon she can’t resist, an angel she can’t trust, 3-foot tall aliens she can’t defeat, and the chance to get even with all the bad people out there… unless of course she destroys the world in the process.
Diana has justice in her hands, and she’s really, really pissed off.
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First published October 14, 2009
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Rob Tobin
8 books78 followersFather, husband, dog owner (actually he owns me), Canadian (living and writing full-time in southern California for 20+ years) novelist, screenwriter, non-fiction book author, former motion picture executive, graduate of USC's Master of Professional Writing program. Author of "The Screenwriting Formula" and "How to Write High Structure, High Concept Movies," and a novel, "God Wars: Living with Angels" that will be available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Omnilit.com on March 1st). Love my wife, my kids, skiing, ziplining, taking my dog to the beach, watching good films (hard to find them, though), reading good books (never have the time), but most of all writing -- anything! I have a $15 million feature film with a June, 2011 release date, and a $40 million feature in development with "Die Hard" director John McTiernan attached to direct (once he gets over his current legal problems). I just finished my newest novel, "Jo-Bri and the Two Worlds," a YA urban fantasy that is the best thing I've ever written and I'm looking for an agent for that one. Love my life -- what else is there to say? I want to have fun making a positive difference to the world.
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March 17, 2011
I thoroughly enjoyed Living With Angels and can't wait for Book Two in the God Wars. I will tell you Rob threw me for a loop about 3/4 the way through but then my world righted and before I knew it the book was ended with me sitting here going WTH??? Not another one I have to wait to find out more on!! I am not going to reveal a lot simply because I think you need to read the book. Your heart will go out to Diana and if you are like me there will be a time or two when you will want to slap Doc. All in all this is one you want to plan on picking up. Make sure you have time to sit and read though, you will get sucked in and before you know it, it's 1 am and you have to get up in 5 hrs to put kiddos on a bus.
March 25, 2012
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This book was as Sci-Fi as you can get. About the only Supernaturals missing were the Vamps and the Wolves… but this is just book one in the series.
It started out interestingly enough as we meet our lead, 17 year old Diana Jalinowski, who is at the end of a gymnastics meet that could determine whether she gets to compete in the Olympics.. She’s a talented gymnast who has been using her “power” to perform stunts at meets that defy the body’s physical limits. Diana volunteers with mentally disabled children and one afternoon a group of thugs tease the kids she’s watching and she humiliates them with her powers. This leads to one of the thugs getting revenge by running her family’s car off the road one day killing both of her parents and leaving her paralyzed.
Fast forward 8 years and we find a very angry, bitter Diana working in a law office helping abuse victims prosecute their abusers. When one woman, a black woman who has converted to Muslim, won’t admit that her boyfriend is abusing her (then why is she in the law office to begin with?) Diana gives her a history lesson on Muslims enslaving the Africans long before the whites came along. It’s a very violent, high-drama scene that ends with Diana telling off her boss, her client, and anyone else who will listen. This is just the beginning of the overly dramatic, sarcastic, bitter dialogue we get from Diana.
As the book progresses we meet her college professor who winds up being a demon, her therapist who is actually an Angel and the aliens that orchestrate the war that is to end human kind.
I did not enjoy this book at all. The characters were not developed, the story line was choppy and forced, and the plot was completely non-relatable. The author constantly used “the F word” to get his point across and that, coupled with the totally superfluous sex scene, were only distracting. I really wonder if that’s the way an Angel would behave.
I won’t be reading Book Two.
Beware of spoilers
This book was as Sci-Fi as you can get. About the only Supernaturals missing were the Vamps and the Wolves… but this is just book one in the series.
It started out interestingly enough as we meet our lead, 17 year old Diana Jalinowski, who is at the end of a gymnastics meet that could determine whether she gets to compete in the Olympics.. She’s a talented gymnast who has been using her “power” to perform stunts at meets that defy the body’s physical limits. Diana volunteers with mentally disabled children and one afternoon a group of thugs tease the kids she’s watching and she humiliates them with her powers. This leads to one of the thugs getting revenge by running her family’s car off the road one day killing both of her parents and leaving her paralyzed.
Fast forward 8 years and we find a very angry, bitter Diana working in a law office helping abuse victims prosecute their abusers. When one woman, a black woman who has converted to Muslim, won’t admit that her boyfriend is abusing her (then why is she in the law office to begin with?) Diana gives her a history lesson on Muslims enslaving the Africans long before the whites came along. It’s a very violent, high-drama scene that ends with Diana telling off her boss, her client, and anyone else who will listen. This is just the beginning of the overly dramatic, sarcastic, bitter dialogue we get from Diana.
As the book progresses we meet her college professor who winds up being a demon, her therapist who is actually an Angel and the aliens that orchestrate the war that is to end human kind.
I did not enjoy this book at all. The characters were not developed, the story line was choppy and forced, and the plot was completely non-relatable. The author constantly used “the F word” to get his point across and that, coupled with the totally superfluous sex scene, were only distracting. I really wonder if that’s the way an Angel would behave.
I won’t be reading Book Two.
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