The promise Vincent Corinthos made to Megan Hayes has been hanging over his head like the proverbial sword of Damocles. And now that sword has fallen. When Megan is murdered, Vincent gets a one-way trip to Hell, is cut off from his friends and followers, and will be locked away in a forgotten corner of the Pit. All appears lost until a loophole is found in his promise, and Hades himself offers Vincent a way A demon that Vincent knows all too well is on the loose, and Hades wants him back. Vincent has just twenty-four hours to return his quarry to the Pit. If he succeeds, he’ll do what’s never been done before, and walk out of Hell scot-free. If he fails, he’ll spend the rest of his existence in eternal torment.
My childhood consisted of way too many video games, comic books and 80′s cartoons. Add in a healthy appetite for Tolkien and Stephen King, and the end result was a geek who had visions of someday writing his own novels.
It was Terry Brooks’ Wishsong of Shannara that really clinched it and got me excited about writing. But it wasn’t until years later, after reading Jim Butcher’s Storm Front, that I decided to take a crack at urban fantasy. After a month of Pepsi-and-Snickers-assisted brainstorming, Vincent Corinthos and the Caulborn were conceived. A year later I published the first Caulborn novel, Imperium.
I’ve lived my entire life in various New England states, and I’m fascinated by New England’s paranormal history. One thing I really enjoy is incorporating local paranormal events and urban legends into the books. Each Caulborn novel will include references to real-world supernatural occurrences, and explains how they fit into the Caulborn’s world.
I live with my wife and three children, and a shape-shifting cat who may or may not be be in human form at any given moment.
Still do not like the main character. His dialogue and actions are very repetitive throughout all the books. Overlooking crucial/obvious information when everything was given to him. And the face palming. He is always face palming. But the book does end at an interesting place so it makes me curious to how it will be dealt with in the next book.
This is a 3.5 star. The book was good but the author decide to drastically change the interaction of god and congregation. That was the stronger point for me to read this series. That interaction in books is well made. This author did a good job whit theme sad that he decide to change the way Vince is going to interact whit other faithful. In general good book