Description
“We wield the darkness to serve the light. We face and defeat our enemies the way it’s meant to be done: with courage in our hearts and a silver blade in theirs.” It’s been a pretty lousy week for twenty-something Londoner Lucy Murray. She’s lost her job, she’s behind on the rent—and to cap things off, on the way to a Halloween party, her old friends turn out to be part of a cult trying to kill her. That’s the bad news. The good news? At the last moment, she’s saved by the Knights of the Order of the Argent Blade—a centuries-old secret society devoted to finding, studying and crushing evil wherever it’s found. Invited to join their ranks, she becomes part of the war between the Order and its eternal foe, the Cabal of the Desolated, a cult dedicated to tearing apart the barriers between this world and the next to bring about the extinction of the human race. Rescued, befriended and trained by the Order’s eclectic members—including the warrior Charles Pryce, twin sisters Valerie and Gillian Templeton, ace sharpshooter Ethan Brand and their leader Lawrence Templeton—Lucy finds herself caught up in a race against time to stop the Desolated from summoning the Mother of Monsters to begin the apocalypse in central London…
Kellie Ankunding @jevon60_836
June 9, 2021
4
From the first chapter to the last, I was thrown into intense and vividly descriptive action. I’m not going to lie, books with a modern day setting and demonic cults aren’t my cup of tea, but the excellent writing and intriguing plot kept me drinking it in and often on the edge of my seat. I could see every character and creature in detail, and as a writer myself who struggles with fight sequences, I loved reading every incredibly illustrative and enthralling battle. Not only did they fully immerse me into the novel but also inspired me to write scenes just as riveting. I highly enjoyed the characters, especially two who I hoped would get together and cheered when they did. The romance wasn’t forced but natural with subtle hints until the puzzle was complete. Those who enjoy things like Assassins Creed, Constantine, or Underworld will love this book. Overall, fantastic story!