Genre:
Urban Fantasy/Satire/World Mythology
Description:
“When
the demon Mestoph—an agent for Hell Industries—stumbles upon a
cult of forgotten angels and demons called the Sons of Light and
Darkness, he takes it upon himself to uncover the secret of these
long-lost outcasts. What he discovers is much more than he was
looking for: not just secrets of the war between Heaven and Hell, but
the Sons' plan to raise a god of their own to exact revenge against
God and Satan. Sensing an opportunity to use the Sons to his
advantage, Mestoph convinces his angelic best friend Leviticus—a
cubical-dweller at Heaven, Inc.—to join him in his latest
ill-conceived scheme to profit at the expense of their masters. With
the aid of New Orleans Voodoo, South American shapeshifters, and
African gods the two unlikely friends conspire to escape their
eternal servitude to the politics of Heaven and Hell. But will their
plans crash and burn, or earn them a permanent vacation with a
poolside view of the apocalypse, sipping Mai Tais and watching as the
skies burn and gods fall?”
Author:
“Adam
Ingle is a basement-dwelling, graveyard-shift nerd by night and an
aspiring peddler of exorcised creative demons by day. He and his
chinchilla live in a tin can on the side of the interstate somewhere
in South Carolina.”
Necessary
Evil and the Greater Good
is his first novel in A
Mestoph and Leviticus Fiasco series.
There is also a short story, Of
Popes and Pentagrams: A Mestoph and Leviticus Mini-Fiasco
available.
For
more, visit Ingle's website or checkout his Facebook page.
Appraisal:
Mestoph
and Leviticus have both been on probation after starting Ragnarok in
the first book, Necessary
Evil and the Greater Good, two
years ago. Sons of Light
and Darkness starts with
Mestoph remembering his favorite bedtime story of The Fall, when
Lucifer challenged God. This history sets up the premise of the
story. At the end of the tale Mestoph begins to wonder what may have
happened to the angels and demons who survived the fall but were
abandoned on earth. Surely there were survivors who may have hidden
to avoid destruction by God or Satan. Mestoph, forever a schemer,
deduces from some old omens that there are survivors known as the
Sons of Light and Darkness holed up in South America.
Razerak,
a fallen angel, gathered the stragglers – angels and demons alike –
to build his army, and has a plan to reap revenge against God and
Satan. It’s an ingenious plan that is gaining strength every day.
To God’s dismay, Mestoph and Leviticus have become unwitting pawns
in a prophecy they know very little about.
Joining
forces with their old advisory Saint Peter, who has been relegated to
earth for his part in Ragnarok, Mestoph and Leviticus head off
half-cocked to search old Incan temples hidden in the South American
jungle. What they discover is far more than they can handle on their
own. The plot becomes complicated as more information becomes known
and sends our crusaders on twisted paths to figure out how to save
not only the domains of Heaven and Hell, but the lives of God and
Satan.
Mr.
Ingles has done a fantastic job weaving mythology and religion into a
quest that proves a demon with a shred of humanity can’t catch a
lucky break to save his life. This tale is full of humor and violent
graphic battles where you are left pulling for the underdogs once
again. Even though this is the second installment of A
Mestoph and Leviticus Fiasco,
I think the author gives you enough information that Sons of Light
and Darkness can be read as a standalone. Then I assure you that you
will want to go and read Evil
and the Greater Good just
for the fun of it.
FYI:
Sons
of Light and Darkness is
the second installment in A
Mestoph and Leviticus Fiasco
series but can be enjoyed as a standalone. Vulgar adult language with
several F-bombs.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 95-100,000
words
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