Satan and the Adventure of the (Other) Other God

by Ray Bendici

You can’t keep a bad guy down! Nick Brooks, aka Satan, is being dragged hornlong into a timely new adventure, with only the literal fate of the Universe hanging in the balance. Along with former FBI agent Tonya Daived and everyone’s favorite Blue-Eyed Freak (yeah, she’s back too!), your beloved Lord of Darkness has to navigate tall buildings, speeding locomotives, South African terrorists, a compelling Zulu badass, and a sociopathic cult leader known as The White Rhino—all as ultimate doom looms. [* “The Final Countdown!”*]

Oh, and to add an extra degree of difficulty (for style points, of course), at the center of Everything is a perfectly divine orphan teenage girl who, like the first Avril Lavigne, can’t help but make things so complicated. Lies, laughs, and love—it’s all here in this fun, satiric sci-fi romp, plus action, adventure, and enough random and inane pop culture references to even make Tina Fey dizzy.

Yes, Beelzebub is back, and you might say, it’s just in the Nick of Time! (Or not, because that’s cornier than Iowa during a dad jokes convention hosted by the jolly Green Giant. But hey, you do you!)

369 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 29, 2024

About the author

Ray Bendici writes and edits stuff, both for fun and for a living. He is the author/editor of multiple books, including Speaking Ill of the Dead: Connecticut Jerks, Connecticut Curiosities: 3rd Edition, and Stones and Bones of New England: A Guide to Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries. Satan and The Adventure of the (Other) Other God is the sequel to his debut novel, Satan and The Adventure of The Blue-Eyed Freak.

He has been a writer/editor at multiple print and digital publications, including Tech & Learning, District Administration, and Connecticut Magazine, at which his work earned multiple awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists. He also founded Damned Connecticut, a website dedicated to everything unusual, weird, and extraordinary in his home state of Connecticut.

If all this isn’t enough (and really it should be), take a deeper dive into ‘rayality’ at raybendici.com.

Reviews

[Ashley Ottesen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ladies and gentlemen Ray’s done it again! Another wonderfully sarcastic, genuinely insightful and dare I say “titillating” read.

I believe Ray is easily settling in as a favorite author with his unique writing style and voice. Book one was a favorite of 2024, book 2 will easily be a favorite of 2025. It’s such a joy when a novel is simultaneously entertaining and thought provoking. The metaphysical and the human experience are on fully critiqued display in this witty sequel. Not to mention some white supremacists get their heinies thoroughly whooped, which is immensely satisfying.

Prepare for some timey wimey, wibbly wobbly fun.

And Ray, be prepared for a phone call if ever I find myself on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire (or whatever trivia show the kids are watching these days). Your knowledge of pop culture and expensive scrabble words are top notch.

[STEPHEN TORNIO · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second book in what is going to be at least three books and my guess more than that. It turns out that Satan is a bit of an attention hound and has taken to authoring some books on his adventures that he doesn't believe anyone will actually believe. His is wrong of course. Like all primal entities he gets a little long winded and I admit I skip some of his extraneous ramblings but I am fond of his friends (family?) He also likes to bring into the story his adventures from throughout history which comes across as bragging at times, but, what would you expect from Satan. I know that I am in danger of stroking his far to big ego in saying I am looking forward to his next adventure.

[Rubin Bryant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having read and very much enjoyed the first book earlier this year, I picked up the second one as soon as it came on my radar. Thanks to Ashley Ottesen from Instagram ashleyottesen_ I didn't even know there was a sequel.
All the gang are back, with new friends and enemies. Exciting *Times ahead.
I read it in just under two days.

I do have one major gripe though, for which I'm taking off a star.
There is a lot of things being said in a language other than English, having to stop and go to Google translate, two or three times a page, got very old, very fast. Because Zulu isn't a language that kindle translates or has a dictionary for.

[TJ Buck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another wildly entertaining ride with The Dark Lord and his assorted cohorts. I've loved both novels in the series. Bendici explores deep ideas while keeping you laughing as you are thinking. If there was any justice in the publishing world, these novels would be massive bestsellers.