Daemons Are Forever | Simon R. Green | The Hungry Gods Are Coming

Daemons Are Forever | Simon R. Green | More camp and witty dialog!!!!

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Daemons Are Forever

	Daemons Are Forever Simon R. Green Roc Hardcover, 2008 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Second in the trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Man with the Golden Torc.

Eddie Drood?s clan has been watching mankind?s back for ages. And now he?s in charge of the whole kit and caboodle. But it?s not going to be an easy gig?

During World War II, the Droods made a pact with some nasty buggers from another dimension known as the Loathly Ones, which they needed to fight the Nazis. But once the war was over, the Loathly Ones decided that they liked this world too much to leave. Now it?s up to Eddie to make things very uncomfortable for them?or watch everything humanity holds dear go up in smoke.

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The Hungry Gods Are Coming

Daemons Are Forever (2008) is the second fantasy novel in the Shaman Bond series, following The Man With the Golden Torc. In the previous volume, Edwin Drood and Molly Metcalf confronted the Heart. With the help of the strange matter within Eddie, they broke its power and shattered it into thousands of diamond shards. Then they confronted the family, faced down the Matriarch, and remade the Droods into a force against Evil.

The strange matter within Eddie had been chasing the Heart for a long time and thoroughly approved of the manner of its passing. Strange -- AKA Ethel -- decided to stay for a while (maybe a few thousand years) within this dimension to help Eddie and the Drood family. It gave Eddie a new torc and armor that was silver rather than golden.

In this novel, Eddie takes Molly out for a spin in a fully restored -- and enhanced -- 1933 Bentley to pick up some items at his Knightsbridge flat. When they near the place, Eddie notices a slew of spies and agents in the street. He takes the car through a lower dimension into the garage, discovers that his flat has been torn apart, gets whatever is left, and starts to leave.

Codename Alpha -- a rather overbearing sort -- is waiting for him outside the building, with two helicopters and dozens of men. Eddie does not pay any attention to his voice on the bullhorn while discussing the situation with Molly. Finally, they wipe out the lot, take down the helicopters, and then drive home. The Armourer is furious about the few scratches on his car.

It seems that the political animals are getting restless. The group waiting outside his flat were from the Department of Dirty Tricks within MI5. The Prime Minister is trying to take advantage of the family's perceived weakness, but he picked on the one man who still had his armor and paid the price.

Eddie convenes his Inner Circle and selects a target for a conspicuous display of family power. The Loathly Ones are soul eaters who were originally brought to this dimension by the family during World War II. Now they have grown to be a clear and pressing danger. So Eddie decides to totally destroy their power.

In this story, Eddie leads a raid against a Loathly One construction in South America and has a Pyrrhic victory. Only ten other Droods returned from the raid. Of course, they left the remains of thousands of Loathly One drones and an interdimesional gate on the battlefield, but nobody in the family noticed the victory.

Edwin finds that the family is backsliding. The Matriarch is bitter and just waiting for Edwin to fail so that the family can call her back to lead them. Only his Inner Circle is siding with him and even they are bickering about petty matters.

This tale shows Eddie having great frustrations and doubts about his abilities. Still, he looks for other family members to take over some areas where he feels deficient. He finds one in the past and another in the far future.

The family becomes less hopeful over time. When Eddie disappears for eighteen months on a journey to the future, the family lets Harry Drood take over the leadership. The Loathly Ones have almost taken over the world by the time that Eddie returns.

The story is typical of the author. Even this new series leads one into despair before the final -- and last minute -- save by the hero. The next volume is The Spy Who Haunted Me. Enjoy!

Highly recommended for Green fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of high adventure, various magics, and family intrigue.

-Arthur W. Jordin

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More camp and witty dialog!!!!

As I said in my review of the first book, The Man With The Golden Torq, I haven't read anything from Mr. Green but his Hawk and Fisher series, which I loved for the same reasons I like this series.

Well, Eddie Drood, field agent extraordinaire (according to him) has broken the evil power that held his family in sway and gave them their power. Basically, Eddie broke the family and now it's up to him to fix it.

From supernatural threats as well as his own family's machinations, Eddie must save the world yet again, but this time as a symbol of authority (which he hates being).

With the help of his British wit and his love, the witch Molly Metcalf, Eddie must put everything to right yet again and do it with the flair that only he possesses.

If you like droll British humor, this series is for you. I happen to love it. Plus, I'm not burdened with having read his Nightside series, which seems to ruin it for other readers.

This second book is better than the first, I dare say, and I look forward eagerly to the next one.

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Another regular Simon R Green Novel.

When I first discovered Simon Green, it was through his Nightside series. I thought it was very imaginative, action packed and that he had a distinctive style of writing. Since then I've read all his Nightside books, the last 4 Deathstalker books and now the Drood series.

I don't feel easy writing this, but what I said in my review of the first Drood book, The Man With the Golden Torc, applies to this one, except more so. If you are new to Simon Green, then it's a fun and wild ride. But for me, as a "seasoned" Green reader, it's more of the same. In fact, I was saddened to note that every character seems to speak the same way. So again it's 3 and a half stars if you have read many of Green's novels and 4 stars if you haven't.

The good:

- nice cover design.
- very imaginative
- non stop and full of action.
- happy ending.
- good length book. I do find the Nightside books too short in comparison.
- I felt myself liking Harry's relationship, for all it's incestuousness.
- did I mention very imaginative?

The not so good:

- repetitive style and lack of characterisation.

The really bad:

-nothing to note here.

I noted several people didn't like the use of a character from one of Green's previous novels. I didn't mind it so much because I never read much about him per se, although the name was familiar to me. To be frank, he could have had any name and would have acted and spoken the same way. It wasn't of any real consequence in the end.

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sequels don't always suck

I've read just about everything this author has written, while I doubt that this will be my favorite series, (my heart belongs to the Nightside) I think it has some interesting plot developments and characters. I'll buy the 3rd book, if & when it comes out.

another hoot from Green

I always love Simon R Green's books. Nightside, Hawk and Fisher, does not matter. While at times the dialog is predictable it is usually really good. What I do not like is that now he has become popular enough and all the new books are published in hardback when all the others are paperback. Nightsides newest book prime example, I simply am not going to pay over $15 for a 250 page hardback.

As for this one, it is the normal story line, new leader messes up, everyone is against him and he pulls it out in time. The reason I gave it 4 stars is the same as the previous paragraph, the new characters and the dialog.

Entertaining read for anyone who likes off color humor and some really good lines.

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