GENRE: Fantasy
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BLURB:
Corporal Jack Graven should be dead. Murdered by a vengeful angel at his own father's
funeral, Jack is resurrected and returns to life carrying a terrible secret: he is the Archangel
Gabriel reincarnated.
Jack's not the only one with secrets. His older brother, Lieutenant Colonel Tyler Graven "Demon
of Kyoto", has just inherited his father's fortune and legacy as Lord of War, with no intention of
stopping there: Tyler will someday rule the world.
The brothers reunite their elite military unit, “The Four Horsemen,” with Tyler’s longtime flame
Colonel Diana Levitas and the mysterious Lance Corporal Jin Xialong. Together they seek to
uncover the truth of Jack’s past life and propel Tyler to his impossible destiny.
Thrust into a supernatural war, the Gravens find salvation through the Black Muramasa, a
cursed black katana and the only weapon that can destroy immortals. As they uncover more
mysteries behind the ancient blade, they come face to face with the Devil himself, but in the
most familiar of faces. Their pasts, presents, and futures all linked, the Four Horsemen must
end the war once and for all to survive with their souls intact. Failing could mean the end of the
world.
A follow up to the explosive first book in the Ballad of Fallen Angels series, “Sympathy for the
Devil,” Book 2 is an action-packed, gun-slinging adventure that packs the punch of a military
thriller with high-stakes supernatural intrigue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt:
Before the man could blink, I pulled the twin Berettas from their holsters, my fingers hammering
the triggers. Time for a bloodbath.
I had died once, and it wasn’t pleasant. An angel had swooped from the sky and smashed
through my chest as if it were thin wallpaper at my father’s funeral. Since then, I realized,
amongst other things, that I could move with godlike speed as necessary, which saved me from
anguish on most occasions. The drug dealer's trigger squeeze stretched longer than the instant
it took me to draw and fire, as I rolled to the right while dodging the threat of the man’s final
shots. I fired several more times before he could accomplish the same feat.
He was the first to die.
I could feel the rounds closing in on me furiously, like an angry storm of tiny projectiles absent of
remorse. I leapt forward into a dive and rolled to dodge several of them, sprinting to cover
behind a cluster of barrels in the room’s corner. I would regenerate if anything pierced my
armor, but after taking quite a few rounds over the years I realized pain was never enjoyable. A
roomful of men would soon learn a powerful lesson: everyone is a hero until it’s time to reload.
Unfortunately for the amateurs before me, they had begun firing simultaneously, and thus would
be incapacitated in tandem while reloading.
A few seconds could stretch into a lifetime.
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Author Bio:
Alex Stevens is a Marine Corps Veteran with two deployments and a graduate of the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas Interdisciplinary Studies program, a unique undergraduate degree that
caters to students with various interests of study. He is also an advent traveler and philosophy
enthusiast who has spent a lifetime studying religions, with a focus on Non-denominational
Christianity. Alex spends most of his time going for walks, spending time with loved ones, and
when the juices are flowing, writing. Fantasy fiction is his great escape from the mundane and
he likes to create fantastical realities that are blended with non-fictional people, places, and
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