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It’s always good to get back
a nice review. The first time I sent my work off to a professional at a
magazine, I held my breath and assumed the worst. I assumed I’d get a middling
review. I was hoping for it. I didn't expect to do better than that!
It still shocks me that people
read, and like what I’ve written. It’s even more shocking when they give me
high praise, just like Eric Lahti did in his recent review for COMPANY OF THE DAMNED:
This is
McCandless at his finest, digging into the action and bringing the character’s
to life on the page. Like all good writing, it started with “what if?”
question. In this case, what if some of the Biblical elements were right? Maybe
not all of them, and Del is certainly not given to quoting Bible verse. But
what if demons were a real and constant threat? What if angels were the
nigh-undefeatable soldiers of the Throne? What if, stuck in the middle of that,
were the Nephilim, struggling to find a safe way for themselves in a world that
would be perfectly content to see them dead?
That’s
the world McCandless built in the first two books. In Company of the Damned, he
takes full advantage of that world and doesn’t hesitate to tear the hell out of
it. This is like reading a Hollywood blockbuster – it has battles, and magic,
and Norse goddesses, and golems, and even Lucifer himself. With all that, it
would seem like a complicated mess of a story. And perhaps it would be in the
hands of a less story-teller, but McCandless weaves this stunning menagerie
with a deft hand and gives us a rare gem in the world: A Hollywood blockbuster
that has a heart. It’s not all style and no substance.
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