I’ve had this book for a while and when I spotted this tour, I just had to be a part of it.
Now that I’ve read it, I wonder how many other fantastic stories are awaiting me in my kindle.
It drives me crazy thinking about this book having sat in my eReader, waiting for me to find the time to open it up.
I may have to take time off of work to read the second book in this series, Halo of the Nephilim. It’s soon to be released and I can’t wait!
A chain of advertising agencies, a new breed of humans, and a fallen angel to worship… Andel Talistokov is known for his slick advertising agencies across the globe. He is a fallen angel that uses advertising as a weapon for Satan‘s work. His growing power emboldens him to break several of Hell‘s Commandments. Furious with his arrogance, Satan commands him to return to Hell after finding his own replacement. Yezidism, an ancient angel worshiping religion, quietly expands throughout the West. Armaros appears as a guest of honor during their ceremonies. He mates with young women to produce nephilim, a mixed race of humans and angels. They are alone and unprepared for their supernatural power. Joanna Easterhouse, a recovering drug addict, steps out of prison shortly after her mother’s fatal accident. She and her sister, Kim, unravel their mother’s secretive past. Intrigued, they learn their bloodline is part of a celestial legacy. Both worlds collide. Halo of the Damned is a horrifying tale that weaves research together with suspenseful twists and turns.
My Review
Armaros, or Andel as he likes to be called, has been around for a long time. If you asked him he’d tell you, “I was made at the very beginning, with all of God’s angels…. So to answer your question, I’m as old as old can be.”
Andel is one of the fallen. He was sent to Hell along with one-third of the rest of the angels, those who stood alongside Satan in a war to defy God. Which they lost.
Now he’s got this huge advertising company, The Evil Empire, which he uses to trick and steal the souls of thousands. He sends these souls to his master, who adds them to his army of evil warriors.
Andel is despicable and so horrendous. He doesn’t have to eat his victims to obtain their souls. He does it because he enjoys it, revels in it.
This scene from the beginning shows his real colors behind the suave business man facade he presents to others.
You’ll find him sitting in his office, calmly gazing at the young woman lying dead on the floor in a growing pool of blood.
After he licks his knife clean, he slithers over, slurps up all of her blood and consumes most of her remains. He’d had high hopes for his daughter, but, she didn’t work out.
Then he calls in his trusted assistant, Marcus, to clean up after him.
Marcus is the worst of humanity, if you could call him human. He’s been killing since he was 10 years old. And now he’ll do whatever Andel asks of him, with pleasure, because of the promise to be made like him.
Next, you’ll meet Joanna, fresh out of a two and a half-year prison term for intent to distribute cocaine. At least one good thing came of her incarceration. She’s clean for once.
Her sister, Kim, picks her up outside the prison and takes her to their mother’s house. It’s now theirs, since her mother left it to them when she died. Joanna is torn up about missing her funeral.
Joanna and Maria, Kim’s young daughter, hit it off right away and it looks like they might all be living together for now.
When they go for the reading of the will, both sisters are surprised to discover their mother had an estate on Lake Geneva. She’d had it all along and never told them about it. The lawyer reveals there is also a painting of celestial beings somewhere that is quite valuable. A stipulation in the will states they can’t sell the homes or paintings unless they are forced to financially. And she’s left her special collection of stones to Maria, knowing the young girl will keep them safe.
The girls soon discover the painting in the lake house and the secrets hidden in the wall behind it.
Right then I had an inkling what their mother, Lydia, was and where this story might be going. I couldn’t wait to read further . This was getting really good.
Coincidence, or maybe not, lands Joanna in an important position at Andel’s Evil Empire. That’s when she starts to hear the voices again, the ones she’d drowned out with booze and cocaine.
Between the voices, the doll talking to Maria and the startling events with a séance, things really start ramping up.
The chapters are short and really make this a fast read. I never slowed down and learned a lot about Heaven and Hell and it’s denizens.
I loved this story. Good and evil angels, nephilim, family secrets, and mystery and terror aplenty. Halo of the Damned is an exciting and gripping tale of light and dark, good and evil, and those that stand against the Lord of Lies.
Dina Rae’s Halo of the Damned gets 5 Stars
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Sequel Halo of the Nephilim out May 2013
Dina Rae is running from website to website, trying to outrun the demons at her heels. Run with her on the Tour of the Damned and read special guest posts, excerpts, reviews and more from her hit novel Halo of the Damned. If you are lucky, you may be able to walk away… With a special prize pack from author Dina Rae herself.
Dina has a super giveaway!
Here’s what you can win.
1st Place(one winner):
Decorative box containing peacock themed items: file folders and holder, beaded shawl, scarf, brooch, silver wing earrings, note block, jeweled pic frame, hairband, hairclips, stationary.
2nd Place(one winner):
Rhinestone angel wing “Halo of the Damned” ladies black t-shirt.
3rd Place(two winners):
Peacock candle, dishtowel, pen and journal.
Go here to enter the giveaway and view all of these awesome prizes!
Tour of the Damned Stop List
April 7 – Krystal’s Enchanting Reads – Guest Post from author Dina Rae
April 8 – FUOnlyKnew – Review of ‘Halo of the Damned’
April 9 – Zombie A.C.R.E.S. – Excerpt from ‘Halo of the Damned’
April 10 – A Girl and Her Kindle – Excerpt from ‘Halo of the Damned’
April 10 – So Much to Write, So Little Time – Guest Post from author Dina Rae
April 11 – Free Book Dude – Excerpt from ‘Halo of the Damned’
April 12 – The Cerebral Writer – Guest Post from author Dina Rae
Biography of Dina Rae
Dina Rae is a new author here to stay. As a teacher, she brings an academic element to her work. Her three novels, Halo of the Damned, The Last Degree, and Bad Juju weave research and suspense throughout the plots. Her short story, Be Paranoid Be Prepared, is a prequel of sorts to The Last Degree, focusing on the James Martin character. In the spring of 2013, her latest novel, Halo of the Nephilim, will be released. Dina also freelances for various entertainment blogs.
Dina lives with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs outside of Chicago. She is a Christian, an avid tennis player, movie buff, and self-proclaimed expert on several conspiracy theories. She has been interviewed numerous times in e-zines, websites, blogs, newspapers, and radio programs. When she is not writing she is reading novels from her favorite authors Dan Brown, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Brad Thor, George R.R. Martin, and Preston & Childs.
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