Review: Violent, Disturbing and Left Waiting For The Next One
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2013
This story starts violently and pretty much stays that way for the majority of this novel.  It is a story of injustice, betrayal, revenge with the slight chance for justice at the end of a long painful road. There is too much story to allow a reviewer the latitude to give a reader the scope of this novel, it has a bit of everything, love, betrayal, dark forces, divine intervention, old prophecy, and in some future novel an epic ending.  So many things hang on events that you need to discover for yourself that would be spoilers if I tell too much.The vast majority of Marek's family was slain in a surprise attack by Mircea.  Now Marek's whole world not revolves around keeping the remainder of his family safe and obtaining the justified revenge for his family.  Mircea must die a most painful if possible for our hero to have peace.  This novel is the first installment in Marek's story of his journey for his revenge which will cover the world and possibly even worlds beyond this one.  The problem is that there are unseen forces working against him and the possibilities of an ancient prophesy yet to be fulfilled.There is at least one situation that many (most?) readers will find repugnant as did I but it does add to the desire for retribution and revenge that is the heart of this story.  Again, to tell more gives away too much.I guess without writing a book, the short version is this, it is a dark and violent story of retribution denied.  Some of the most ultimate evils and corruption are described in this novel so this is not for the weak or timid.  I believe there is going to be a good day for Marek but it is going to be a dark path that takes him there before there is justice.I cannot say much more since all I really want is to get the other books when they are released and get this whole story, this seems to be an epic undertaking and I cannot wait to see it through to the end, hopefully without any cliffhangers.I gave this novel 4 Stars because it left me wanting much more of this addicting story but I am a revenge junkie as always and nothing reads better for me..  It should be noted that this is NOT a novel for everyone, it is dark, violent and disturbing in its depiction of torture, buyer beware.Reviewed by:  Douglas C. MeeksMember of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team