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The Descendants: Rise of the Reaper Army
When the apex predators of the forest begin acting strange, former Army Captain Gabriel Stone knows something is wrong. Change is all around. He can sense it in the earth and feel it in on the wind. Something is coming...
After being attacked by vampire, Gabriel thinks his 'life' is over. Alone, confused and with no choice other than to hide out, alone in an old forest cabin, Gabriel has sworn to find and kill the creature that changed him. But when the hunt leads him to an old farmhouse and he encounters the fiery, beautiful and headstrong Aurora, Gabriel's world is turned upside down as he quickly realises not everything is as it seems.
Aurora is a Descendant, the daughter of a vampire father and Amazon warrior mother. She is strong, beautiful and has a special connection to the earth and its creatures. After spending a lifetime hunting the monsters that killed her parents, Aurora has all but given up - until she meets Gabriel, who is tortured, angry and out for revenge. But despite his flaws, Aurora knows he is the key to everything she has been searching for - if only they don't kill each other first.
With a story that highlights the beauty and importance of preserving of our natural world, The Descendants - Rise of the Reaper Army tells the age old story of good versus evil, while highlighting the frightening impacts our modern society is having on the planet, as Gabriel and Aurora fight to save our world from becoming Hell on Earth.
After being attacked by vampire, Gabriel thinks his 'life' is over. Alone, confused and with no choice other than to hide out, alone in an old forest cabin, Gabriel has sworn to find and kill the creature that changed him. But when the hunt leads him to an old farmhouse and he encounters the fiery, beautiful and headstrong Aurora, Gabriel's world is turned upside down as he quickly realises not everything is as it seems.
Aurora is a Descendant, the daughter of a vampire father and Amazon warrior mother. She is strong, beautiful and has a special connection to the earth and its creatures. After spending a lifetime hunting the monsters that killed her parents, Aurora has all but given up - until she meets Gabriel, who is tortured, angry and out for revenge. But despite his flaws, Aurora knows he is the key to everything she has been searching for - if only they don't kill each other first.
With a story that highlights the beauty and importance of preserving of our natural world, The Descendants - Rise of the Reaper Army tells the age old story of good versus evil, while highlighting the frightening impacts our modern society is having on the planet, as Gabriel and Aurora fight to save our world from becoming Hell on Earth.
280 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 31, 2018
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Nikki Lee Taylor
5 books138 followersNikki Lee Taylor is an Australian author. In 2024, she was awarded the Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Award for Crime Fiction. Her latest title, Wildling Road, also won the 2025 Hawkeye Manuscript Development Award.
Nikki has written three independent titles, including International Bestseller The Secrets We Keep, The Truth We Tell, and The Alibi.
Nikki is a former news journalist, coffee addict, dog trainer, and competes in canine scent work trials with her dog Saxon. She lives in Newcastle, NSW.
Nikki has written three independent titles, including International Bestseller The Secrets We Keep, The Truth We Tell, and The Alibi.
Nikki is a former news journalist, coffee addict, dog trainer, and competes in canine scent work trials with her dog Saxon. She lives in Newcastle, NSW.
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January 3, 2020
A fantastic read! A compelling and insightful plot that draws on the universal themes of love, adventure, good and evil as well as a strong message about current global issues. The author's writing style is very engaging and refreshing. An absolute pleasure to read and most definitely looking forward to more material.
August 11, 2019
Former Army Captain Gabriel Stone knows something is wrong when the earth and wind don't feel right plus the apex predators start acting strange. So when he is attacked by a vampire he convinces himself that life is over and feels he has no alternative than to live alone in an old forest cabin while he tries to find and kill the creature who changed him. While hunting he ends up at an old farmhouse where he meets the fiery, beautiful and headstrong Aurora. He then realises that nothing is as it seems as she is what is known as a Descendant (the daughter of a vampire father and Amazon warrior mother) so has lots of strength and also has a special connection to the earth and its creatures. Auror has spent her life looking for the creatures who killed her parents and she realises that Gabriel is the key to destroying them. Can they survive and find and defeat the dark forces that threaten the planet that we all call home?
This is a lovely paranormal story that has a foundation of the classic good versus evil but also covers the environment and the impacts that humans have had to the natural world around us. A little bit moralistic at the end but still this is a great story that was very enjoyable. It was well written and everything was easy to understand and relate back to real life. The Reapers were suitably evil and demonic and I did enjoy the twisting around of the vampires being good guys for a change.
This is a lovely paranormal story that has a foundation of the classic good versus evil but also covers the environment and the impacts that humans have had to the natural world around us. A little bit moralistic at the end but still this is a great story that was very enjoyable. It was well written and everything was easy to understand and relate back to real life. The Reapers were suitably evil and demonic and I did enjoy the twisting around of the vampires being good guys for a change.
February 20, 2019
I loved this book..It seamlessly brings fiction together with problems todays world is dealing with. The characters are so vivid you feel you know them so its impossible to put this novel down till you know the eventual outcome..
March 31, 2019
While the concept is interesting, and the storyline has promise, the dialog needs work and the characters need some rethinking.
Aurora is a very entitled, self important main character which makes it very difficult to like her, and Gabriel is extremely childish and petulant which also makes him a very difficult MC to like. Between the two, the storyline falters because it becomes to difficult to get past their personalities to get to the meat of the story.
I will read the next book in the series to see if there is improvement since the storyline definitely has promise.
Aurora is a very entitled, self important main character which makes it very difficult to like her, and Gabriel is extremely childish and petulant which also makes him a very difficult MC to like. Between the two, the storyline falters because it becomes to difficult to get past their personalities to get to the meat of the story.
I will read the next book in the series to see if there is improvement since the storyline definitely has promise.
April 11, 2019
DNF. Too much explaining but not the right things. Why would the humans of one small town need protection from vampires who basically not longer exist? The story was just too disjointed.
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