Review: Mazael Madness
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2012
Another great Demonsouled novel that takes up right where first novel left off.  Mazael Cravenlock, now a lord, tries to keep the peace between two of the most powerful lords of the land (his liege lord, Richard Mandragon, and his original benefactor, Lord Malden Roland) while demonsouled and San-Keth snake people have their own plans for domination.  Mazael must conquer these external conflicts while still resisting the call of his own demonsouled blood.  Second novel continues the same tradition and style as the first novel.  Mazael shows character growth with better understanding of how he must cope with being both demonsouled and a lord.  Villains become stronger and their plots more intricate and diabolical.  Overall this is another dark and bloody story which is pretty good if you like those types of stories.  Author's website is titled "Jonathan Moeller, Pulp Writer" which gives some indication of his writing style.This is the second book in a series.  Conclusion is satisfying as a standalone novel although there are still bigger villains left to vanquish.  First book in series isDemonsouled. Remaining books in series areSoul of Serpents (Demonsouled)andSoul of Dragons (Demonsouled).  I will likely finish reading series but I am going to take a break before coming back to it.Regular, but not frequent, spellcheck typos were noted.  Soul of Tyrants (Demonsouled) is 5,849 Kindle locations long (excluding short excerpt at end for next book in series). Standard length novels seem to run in the 4,500 to 7,000 plus Kindle location range. Longer books, such as books in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, can range from 15,000 to 20,000 plus Kindle locations.