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Hell Cop
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If you were sent to Hell by mistake, wouldn't you want someone to come for you and take your soul to Heaven Gate? A Hell Cop will do that for you.
A supernatural action adventure, Hell Cop takes you on a dangerous journey Indiana Jones might shy away from. But for Getter it's all in a day's work. He's a Hell Cop, hired to go down and retrieve souls sent down by Purgatorial error.
Getter is sent to retrieve the soul of a ten-year old girl. Ordinarily this would not be a problem, except his own daughter would have been ten-years old if she and his wife hadn't died at birth. He struggles to be professional, especially when the girl tells him a secret from Life that enrages him.
Added to the normal underworld dangers, Mephisto, the head of Helland Security, is planning to take over Hell from a bored and out of touch Satan. A whisper of a prophecy has said Getter will be the savior of Hell. Getter doesn't believe in prophecies, but Mephisto does. He can't allow Getter to live.
With the help of Sneaker, a female Hell Cop with a chip on her shoulder, and Gregory, a Scottish Hell Cop murdered in Hell 150 years ago, Getter steals the girl's soul from the Schoolyard. Mephisto's pursuit forces Getter and the girl to climb the two-mile high Tree, and jump.
Finding themselves at the head of the River of Bones they ride the river to Fort Blood where they encounter a mythological Wizard, and find that death is no boundary to love. Now a group of five, they escape down the River of Souls and race Mephisto and his troops to Heaven's Gate. But not all of them will survive.
If you were sent to Hell by mistake, wouldn't you want someone to come for you and take your soul to Heaven Gate? A Hell Cop will do that for you.
A supernatural action adventure, Hell Cop takes you on a dangerous journey Indiana Jones might shy away from. But for Getter it's all in a day's work. He's a Hell Cop, hired to go down and retrieve souls sent down by Purgatorial error.
Getter is sent to retrieve the soul of a ten-year old girl. Ordinarily this would not be a problem, except his own daughter would have been ten-years old if she and his wife hadn't died at birth. He struggles to be professional, especially when the girl tells him a secret from Life that enrages him.
Added to the normal underworld dangers, Mephisto, the head of Helland Security, is planning to take over Hell from a bored and out of touch Satan. A whisper of a prophecy has said Getter will be the savior of Hell. Getter doesn't believe in prophecies, but Mephisto does. He can't allow Getter to live.
With the help of Sneaker, a female Hell Cop with a chip on her shoulder, and Gregory, a Scottish Hell Cop murdered in Hell 150 years ago, Getter steals the girl's soul from the Schoolyard. Mephisto's pursuit forces Getter and the girl to climb the two-mile high Tree, and jump.
Finding themselves at the head of the River of Bones they ride the river to Fort Blood where they encounter a mythological Wizard, and find that death is no boundary to love. Now a group of five, they escape down the River of Souls and race Mephisto and his troops to Heaven's Gate. But not all of them will survive.
284 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
David Burton
23 books11 followersDavid Burton is an American writer living in sunny Southern California. He traveled by motorcycle through Mexico, US, Canada and Alaska. From motorcycles he turned to the ocean, building and sailing his own boats to Mexico, Tahiti, Hawaii, and through the Panama Canal to Florida. He spent a lot of time reading while on the water, so he decided to write books he would have wanted to read at sea.
Having swallowed the anchor he now mops floors and collects trash for money, writes for a living, and has become a (temporarily?) unrequited sailor.
He can be contacted at dcburtonjr@gmail.com
Having swallowed the anchor he now mops floors and collects trash for money, writes for a living, and has become a (temporarily?) unrequited sailor.
He can be contacted at dcburtonjr@gmail.com
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July 31, 2018
I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this book until Sneaker entered the picture. At that point things really picked up.
I liked how hell was divided up into zones like area codes for a phone exchange and that they were all vastly different from each other. Which zone you ended up in depended on what your sin and resulting punishment was.
Quite a different take on hell, but at the same time, reminiscent of Dante's 9 Circles of Hell.
I was interested enough by the end of the book to read the next in the series.
I liked how hell was divided up into zones like area codes for a phone exchange and that they were all vastly different from each other. Which zone you ended up in depended on what your sin and resulting punishment was.
Quite a different take on hell, but at the same time, reminiscent of Dante's 9 Circles of Hell.
I was interested enough by the end of the book to read the next in the series.
January 16, 2013
I liked this story. Interesting, original premise, interesting characters, and an interesting interpretation of Hell. I never felt that it dragged, nor did I ever feel a moment of "Oh, come now!" I'm going to have to read the next one, not because it's any kind of a cliff-hanger ending, but because I'm interested in the story. And I have no higher praise for a book than that.
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