Shame Flynn and Terric Conley have an uneasy alliance. They
are Soul Complements, the only magic users left who can
"break magic" after a magic apocalypse rendered almost all
magic practically useless. Shame wields Death magic while
Terric wields Life magic. Soul Complements are powerful when
they work together but if one dies, the remaining Soul
Complement is psychotic at best. Unfortunately, Shame and
Terric are still battling Eli Collins, the rogue Soul
Complement who is creating human bombs. Can Shame and Terric
find a way to work together in time to stop Eli? Or is magic
about to have a sudden and very dangerous resurgence in the
hands of the wrong people?
STONE COLD is the second book in Devon Monk's Broken
Magic
series, which is a spinoff on the Allie Beckstrom series. I
would highly suggest reading at least the first book in the
Broken Magic series prior to reading STONE COLD.
STONE COLD
picks right up where Hell Bent left off and the action
doesn't relent long enough for any past reminiscing.
Instead, Devon Monk plunges the reader headlong into the
clash between the magics and the diabolically catastrophic
machinations of Eli.
I love the imaginative world building of Devon Monk! We have
magic, Life, Death, human zombie bombs, and even Stargate-
like gateways where characters are instantly transported to
other places. However, it is Shame's own internal battle
with who he is that steals the show. Shame inadvertently
does some horrible things and his mortification seeps
through the pages of the book and right into this reader's
heart. How can I not like a character who sees himself
plunging headlong into the abyss and still refuses to give
up until he sets things right?
STONE COLD appears to be the conclusion to this fast paced
spin off series and I'm going to miss Shame, Terric, and all
the rest of the characters. Devon Monk does a spectacular
job at wrapping up all the loose ends while keeping the
intensity level high. I couldn't read STONE COLD fast
enough!
Marked by Life and Death magic, Shame Flynn and Terric
Conley are “breakers”—those who can use magic to its full
extent. Most of the time, they can barely stand each other,
but they know they have to work together to defeat a common
enemy—rogue magic user Eli Collins.
Backed by the government, Eli is trying to use magic as a
weapon by carving spells into the flesh of innocents and
turning them into brainless walking bombs. To stop him,
Shame and Terric will need to call on their magic, even as
it threatens to consume them—because the price they must pay
to wield Life and Death could change the very fate of the
world...and magic itself.
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