Maxine Kiss is covered in full body tattoos that serve as
her body armor during the day. When sundown comes, the
tattoos peel away from her skin and come to life as five
demons named Raw, Zee, Dek, Mal, and Aaz. The boys, as
Maxine calls them, have been in her family for generations
and move on to a new hunter when it is time. After losing
her mother and having no other family to speak of, the boys
are all Maxine has.
The prison veil that was built ten thousand years ago is
starting to fail and the demons that were imprisoned there
are coming through. Maxine is the last person alive to
protect the world from these demons as all of the Wardens
have now died. It is up to her to make sure the demons
don't destroy the world and that's a lot of responsibility
for one person to handle.
Along the way, Maxine comes across a dead private
investigator who she believes was investigating her. This
leads her to a chance meeting with a man named Jack, a
homeless boy named Byron, a woman named Sarai and several
demons who know more about Maxine then she does herself.
Maxine's boyfriend Grant somehow helps her keep her sanity
but he is only human and isn't always available to help
her. A man named The Tracker is introduced into the
picture as is Blood Mama, a woman to be feared.
Will Maxine put together the pieces of her life and
discover the truth about her past and her future? Will
Maxine save the world from destruction and protect the
innocent from demons?
IRON HUNT is the sequel to the short story Hunter
Kiss in
the anthology WILD THING. I was aware of this beforehand
so I did read the short story first. I would definitely
recommend that readers read it so they aren't lost for
details when picking up IRON HUNT.
IRON HUNT is primarily an urban fantasy story, heavy on the
fantasy aspects. There is lots of suspense and mystery but
some readers may become frustrated with the elusive manner
in which details are presented. Everything is a mystery to
Maxine, so it is presented to the reader in the same
manner. As she uncovers clues, so do we.
I found the story to be beautifully written and the imagery
made the story come to life out of the pages of the book.
Overall, IRON HUNT is a fascinating, highly imaginative,
fantasy novel that I greatly enjoyed. I look forward to
the next book in the Hunter Kiss Series and learning more
about Maxine Kiss.
Silver smoke winds around my torso, peeling away from my
ribs and back, stealing the dark mist covering my hands
and lower extremities . . . tattoos dissolving into demon
flesh, coalescing into small dark bodies. My boys. The
only friends I have in this world. Demons.
I am a demon hunter. I am a demon. I am Hunter Kiss.
By day, her tattoos are her armor. By night, they unwind
from her body to take on forms of their own. Demons of the
flesh, turned into flesh. This is the only family demon
hunter Maxine Kiss has ever known. The only way to live-
and the very way she'll die. For one day, her demons will
abandon her for her daughter to assure their own survival-
leaving Maxine helpless against her enemies.
But such is the way of Earth's last protector-the only one
standing between humanity and the demons breaking out from
behind the prison veils. It is a life lacking in love,
reveling in death, until one moment-and one man-changes
everything . . .
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