If you haven't read the prior books in the Arcane
Underworld series, stop what you are doing right now
and pick up the first book, PREMONITIONS. SACRIFICES
concludes Jamie Schultz's Arcane Underworld and I
highly suggest reading the series in order. SACRIFICES
picks up right where the prior book ends, as the reader
is thrown headlong into Jamie Schultz's dark and eerie
world.
Karyn Ames and Anna Ruiz specialize in stealing occult
relics and their team has always been successful at
avoiding the really big troubles -- until now. Their
involvement with Enoch Sobell, a notorious crime lord who
delves heavily in the supernatural, has left Karyn and
Anna infected with demons. Karyn's demon appears somewhat
helpful, as it focuses Karyn's precognitive
hallucinations and prevents her from being overwhelmed by
them. However, Anna's demon is not so kind and they fear
it's just a matter of time before Anna gives into the
darker urges of her demon. Can the team, as splintered
as it is, find the religious relics needed to save Anna
and stop the demon Belial from its diabolical plans?
SACRIFICES is dark, disturbing, and sometimes downright
gruesome. In fact, SACRIFICES could almost be classified
as horror rather than urban fantasy as some of the scenes
had me cringing at the sheer nastiness described by Jamie
Schultz. If demons are even remotely like those
described in SACRIFICES, I'll gladly keep my distance!
However, don't be turned off by the horror aspect as
Jamie Schultz writes one darned-good storyline filled
with characters who are likable despite their flaws.
Nail continues to be my favorite character, although I
have to admit that Genevieve grew on me. I wanted to
dislike her but her obvious concern for Anna and her
well being, even at the potential expense of her own life,
made me a fan.
SACRIFICES may be the end of the Arcane
Underground series, but Jamie Schultz has picked up a
fan with this reader. I can't wait to see what else he
has in store for us!
Things get a little demonic in the latest Arcane
Underwold novel from the author of Splintered.
Thanks to their recent involvement with a magus crimelord
and his demonic partner in mayhem, occult thieves Anna Ruiz
and Karyn Ames are both stuck sharing head space with a
demon. But while Karyn’s possession has had the unexpected
benefit of focusing her visions of the future, Anna’s demon
is spurring on her darkest urges, and it’s only a matter of
time before she acts on them—and hurts someone in the process.
To save their skins, the two need to find a mysterious
relic. But with their search taking them into some of the
darkest places in the arcane underworld, Anna and Karyn will
have to ally themselves with a group no self-respecting
thief would be caught dead with—the Federal Bureau of
Investigation...
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