The Heavenly Host (Demons of Astlan Book 2), by J. Langland
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The dishonorable, cheating Forces of Good have been defeated! Tom Perkinje, the reluctant Greater Demon and recent transplant from Harding NJ to the Abyss has defeated and captured the not-so-valiant Sir Talarius, Knight Rampant of Tiernon and has humiliated and demoralized the army known as the Rod of Tiernon, that helped Talarius cheat in battle with Tom. Unfortunately, to do so, he had had to hack the mana streams between the god Tiernon and his High Priests, and now his buddies are telling him that Tiernon is going to send a Host to investigate this unprecedented event. Oh, and the fact that he reversed a Holy Artifact of Tiernon has not gone unnoticed either. The folks upstairs are not pleased. His actions have completely disrupted the plans of not only the Rod of Tiernon, but also the Sky Fleet of Oorstemoth who had thought to bring Tom to justice for illegally destroying the ship trying to obliterate Tom and his friends. The two armies are now looking to unite and rescue Talarius and arrest (permanently) Tom. Of course, there are also the three Arch Demons trying to steal a book that Lenamare, Tom’s Accursed Master, stole from Oorstemoth; and whose demon horde had been infesting the wizard city of Freehold. So Tom has managed to anger both the Forces of Good and the Forces of Evil. However, that pales before his current problem, what exactly does one do with a hostage?
The Heavenly Host (Demons of Astlan Book 2), by J. Langland- Amazon Sales Rank: #41490 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-01
- Released on: 2015-10-01
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful. Not as good as the first By GJ Positives:1. I can’t remember any issues with editing or grammar (once Lenamare was called Exador or maybe Exador was called Lenamare, but that was the only thing I can remember).2. A ton of action if you like that kind of thing.3. Lots of humor.4. Pretty smart book as far as the plot development goes. The author does a good job of bringing a bunch of seemingly unrelated things together (reminded me of the way the plot developed in Snatch with Brad Pitt). A lot of the conflict would probably be resolved if there was just better communication between the various parties, but everyone seems to wonder what everyone else is doing and the resulting actions are well thought out, humorous, surprising, and interesting.Negatives:1. At first I thought the author was going all “Anthony Ryan” on us. There were a lot of added POV’s and it seemed to me that we hardly saw Tom in the first half of the book (and I don’t know about everyone else, but I think Tom is the star of this show). The second half of the book showcases Tom a lot more and I think is the better part of the book.2. There was a section where one of the characters is sexual with his genie who takes on the form of a boy (the genie is older than a boy, he just takes on that persona). I don’t consider myself too much of a prude, but I think normalizing man/boy love is going maybe a little too far (NAMBLA would disagree I am sure).3. Sometimes I felt the author was trying to do too much (too many characters, too many types of magic, too many worlds discussed). It got a little confusing at times. Imagine reading a book about Napoleon, but having chapters discussing Genghis Kahn and King Tut. It seems manageable now, but I hope the author doesn’t keep adding characters in book 3 at the rate he does in book 2.4. My biggest negative is there wasn’t any real character development in this book (and I like character driven fantasy). In book 1, Tom and Jenn had their arguments and developed their relationship, Tom and Rupert developed their relationship as well. I enjoyed Rupert trying to find his dad and the emotion that brought. The scene in book 1 where Rupert is hurt and Tom thinks him dead was full of emotion and feeling (as was the scene where Rupert rides on Tom’s shoulders and then sleeps next to him in camp). I really felt book 1. There is nothing like this in book 2 which makes it a little stale for me. I hope to see more character development, dialogue, emotion, and relationship building in book 3 (like book 1).At the end of the day, I did enjoy the book and will be getting book 3, but this was definitely a step down from book 1 for me.
24 of 31 people found the following review helpful. Son, I Am Disappoint By Darwin The Heavenly Host is a long journey that promises some conclusion, but ends up so convoluted with all the different Points of View that it becomes a chore to read. You are struck at times with exciting, interesting developments such as building up an army of evil minions, building up a fortress, and gaining human slaves to do your bidding.But all of that is lost in the excessive amount of random dialogue and side stories of various characters that add nothing except extra pages. So that by the end of the story. Nothing is resolved. Absolutely nothing. The magical book everyone is fighting over? It's still in the same place. The three archdemon's plotting against everyone? They still haven't done anything. Lenamare and Jenn? They haven't even moved! They are still in the city trying to get back at Tom since page 1.Out of the 500 or so pages of this book. About 400 pages are spent on dialogues rehashing events that have already happened.Tom tossed Knight Talarius into the Abyss. Next 10 pages Lilith talks about Tom tossing Talarius into the Abyss. Next 10 pages Hilda talks about Tom tossing Talarius into the Abyss. It's like an endless cycle of rehashing and this goes on for the entire novel.And it's not just that the story keeps repeating itself. The paragraphs can also be incredibly jarring. One paragraph you have Ramses talking about dominating the world. The next paragraph its Rupert trying to get along a new friend he made.Its as if the author had no plan and wrote whatever came to his mind. So unless you like disconnected ramblings, I would stay away till a second or third edition of this book comes out that fixes all these loose ends. At best this book is a first draft. At worst its just a 100 page novel with 400 pages of cliff notes from the Author.And the sad thing is all the really interesting side stories you want to see. Talarius being able to save his true love whose soul had been captured by a demon. Hilda's status as a saint, and how mortals become heavenly angels. And Tom becoming a dark overlord building his army of darkness. Well guess what it doesn't happen. You get 1 or 3 pages about it and it's never fully explored till the next book. Skip this book and go straight to Book 3.3/10Huge disappointment.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Tom's uproariously funny demonic journey continues By Amazon Customer I loved book 1 and reread it twice while waiting for book 2. The Heavenly Host continues book 1's exploration of Tom's life (or is it his death), touching on deep issues of racism, theodicy (the problem of evil), forgiveness and vengeance, drugs, religion, power and responsibility, and honour along the way. It does so from multiple POVs and along an extraordinarily convoluted pathway, although, by the end, some things are becoming quite clear.The glorious wonder of this book, though, is not the seriousness of the narrative but its outrageous humour! It is the most awesomely funny book I have read. It is ridiculously self-referential and the pop culture references are so thick the reader is wading hip deep through them at times. I think Tiven singing "Walking on Fierdshine" is, alone, worth the price of the book and the Dorcs, sorry, the D'Orcs, are absolutely priceless. The repurposing of Mount Doom is inspired and the ironic force of Tom the 0 level teenage nerd rising to the epic level Lord Tommus the dark lord is perfect. Oh, and I cannot wait for Dante's Inferno to sail to the Abyss in book 3!There may not be a lot of character development, though all the characters develop in some way through this book. The plot may twist and turn in the breeze like a demented tern. The final battle lines are far from being clear. But for anyone who lives rpgs and mmos, or loves sidesplittingly funny fantasy, or anyone looking for something different, this is a wonderful read.
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