Daemons of Garaaga

Garaaga's Children #6

by Paul Elard Cooley

From the dawn of civilization, they have lived among us. Their violence matched only by their beauty and ferocious sexual hunger. The unholy children of Garaaga—half human, half demon—travel our world struggling to find their place in it.

Watching. Feeding. Killing.

Daemons of Garaaga chronicles three generations of these children as they stake their claim on humankind in our ancient past. Filled with eroticism and historic detail, Daemons will make you question what it means to be human.

302 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2015

About the author

Paul E Cooley is a full-time writer and Parsec Award Winning podcaster from Houston, Texas. In 2009, he began producing free psychological thriller and horror podcasts, essays, and reviews available from Shadowpublications.com and iTunes.

His stories have been listened to by thousands and he has been a guest on such notable podcasts as Podioracket, John Mierau‘s “Podcast Teardown,” Geek Out with Mainframe, Shadowcast Audio, and Vertigo Radio Live. In 2010, his short story Canvas and novella Tattoo were nominated for Parsec Awards. Tattoo became a Parsec Award finalist. He has collaborated with New York Times Bestselling author Scott Sigler on the series “The Crypt” and co-wrote the novella “The Rider” (projected to release in 2014). In addition to his writing, Paul has contributed his voice talents to a number of podiofiction productions.

He has two Amazon best-selling series: The Black and The Derelict Saga.

He is also a co-host on the renown Dead Robots’ Society writing podcast.

Reviews

[Wenzel Roessler]

As with the first book, this one is told over a period of time and the author does a great job with the characters in the story making them come to life. This is sort of The other point of view from book 1, and while great on its own it is a bit repetitive.

[Arioch]

Daemons of Garaaga is a collection of three novellas chronicling multiple generations of nephilim, all of whom are children of a fictional god (Garaaga). Each section of the book tells of the prior novella’s offspring. This gives the author a unique opportunity to present multiple perspectives of the characters involved to the reader. The way Hela develops through her own book and into Ama’s is wonderful. It was a beautiful illustration of how reality is often warped by one’s perspective.

I also found many of the subtle moral questions the author presents fascinating (e.g. Is a creature who preys on humans but protects them from greater dangers good or evil?). This book has been a rare treat. It’s a highly entertaining work of fiction that has continued to make me think long after I turned the last page. Kudos to Paul E Cooley on a job well done!