Review: Damnation can rock.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2012
I've read two of my friend Dave Butler's unpublished/on the market novels, which are terrific alternate-history epics (one is a "black powder fantasy" in a magical America, the other is steampunk Mormons). Hellhound on My Trail is different in these ways:It's shorter, just under 37,000 words, meant to be the first installment in a serial adventure ("Rock Band Fights Evil").It's set in the present-day real world.It's available as an ebook to y'all, not just those of us lucky enough to be Dave's personal friends.Mike, a suicidal bassist, gets a gig sitting in with a bad band, who are unfortunately all kinds of trouble -- demons want them dead, and Heaven isn't too happy with them either. Mike has to fight off flaming reptilian hellhounds and giant demonic flies while trying to figure out, Who are these people? And is committing suicide worse than fighting the forces of Hell?It's a little lumpy with expository dialog in parts, but it's a fast-paced pulpy combat-laden adventure. Lots of things get hit and go squish. Recommended.(The second installment, Snake Handlin' Man, is also out. He's writing them faster than I can read them!)Official site: RockBandFightsEvil.comDisclaimer: Because of the unelected dweebs at the FTC who wouldn't know the First Amendment if it wore a thong and gave them a lap dance, I must hereby announce that the media reviewed herein was received gratis from the distributor of said media with the understanding that I would comment on said media in this blog.