Cason is a bodyguard, not by choice, for a god who lives for
lust and fleshly encounters. The problem starts when someone
blows this god to smithereens, and Cason only thinks he's
freed from his duties. He soon finds out that his boss isn't
the only god in town. In fact, there's a whole pantheon of
them, and many of them seem to be out to get Cason. With his
wife and son under a nasty spell that causes them to go
psycho and try to kill Cason every time he comes near, his
dream of reuniting with his family seems bleak. And strange
and deadly characters are around every corner. Cason becomes
entangled in this strange and intriguing world, dodging
death at every knock of the door, determined to win back his
family. And the gods, well, they not only see humans as mere
playthings, they also engage in deadly conflicts between
themselves after their banishment to Earth some fifty years
ago. But Cason holds the key to restoring their kingdoms,
and he will never believe who his real family is.
As a fan of author Chuck Wendig, I knew going in to expect
his unique and colorful language and hard-hitting prose, and
once again, he delivered. His ability to spin a yarn with
compelling characters and significant world building drive
this story home. If you are a fan of the gods and goddesses,
like me, you will devour his take on the mythos, maybe even
discovering a god or two you weren't familiar with. Cason is
a strong, at times surreally so, man with an understandable
mission to get back his wife and son. He's hard on the
outside, but his soft interior when it comes to family gives
him the flaws he will need to stumble a little on his path,
but just when you think he's royally screwed up, he always
rights himself in the end. There's some hints to some gods
that I hope to see in future installments of the series, and
the end was somewhat abrupt, but satisfying nonetheless. If
you like myths, urban fantasy, a little horror and a lot of
lip biting how-is-he-going-to-make-it-out-of-this-one
moments, you are in for a treat with this one.
A tale of a about the deities of a polytheistic pantheon
who survive on Earth - immortal, bored, falling into old
patterns of collecting sycophants and worshippers in order
to war against one another in the battle for the hearts of
men. But they bring with them demi-gods, and they bring
with them their monstrous races—crass abnormalities created
to serve the gods, who would do anything to reclaim the
seat of true power
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