Review: Demon with a conscience
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2011
This is one bad-a$$ demon (or half demon).  He's caught between the human world and a world that humans don't even want to know about. Thaddeus Kane is on a mission to save some innocents who have no idea of how powerful they are and ow much they threaten the balance of power in the otherworld. Kind of a cliched plot but there is nothing cliched abut Kane's character.  Kane is one of the best anti-heroic hero's I've read in a long while. It's as if he doesn't want to go about saving humans (ans he really doesn't) but he can't seem to help himself. Being half human and half demon, Kane can't fight the half of him that still possesses a soul. This book is filled with references to Western religion, Eastern spirituality, magic and sorcery. Something for everyone, really. Rather than alienate the reader, the references serve to expand the scope of what happens outside of out normal lives.Kane's relationships with his demon partners Chaz and Decibel remind you of comedic duos of the old Hollywood era. Here they are fighting otherworld crime and they're taking verbal shots at each other.  Great stuff.  Aside from Chaz and Decibel, Kane has to deal with a Shalim, his master, who would rather not have him around if he could just find a way to kill him. Basically, Kane is unwanted by just about everyone but he rolls with the punches.The paranormal novels that I read are usually PR,  but I really liked this book, nonetheless. Great characters like those found in Showalter's and Ward's work.I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to review it."