Rest assured Dämoren will satisfy all your needs in the action and thrills department, but what I was most impressed with was the world building and unique body of lore Skorkowsky has created, which offered a fresh new take on the angel/demon mythos.Ĭentral to the novel is the concept of holy weapons. Once again, I am sorry to have underestimated the dark fiction of Ragnarok Pub.

I’ve read my fair share of stories about demon slayers and monster hunters, so admittedly I wasn’t expecting this first book of Seth Skorkowsky’s new urban fantasy/horror series to be that much different.

The weird thing about that hour, is that it honestly felt like a mere few minutes. An hour later, I realized with a jolt that I was still reading, and that I was already almost a third of the way in. Then a couple weeks ago, while trying to choose my next read, I was struck by a sudden surge of spontaneity and decided to pick up Dämoren and give the first few pages a shot. Hey, gunblades are neat and all - but that also tells me very little. The cover, while very pretty, also did nothing to draw me in, showing a partial image of a bladed revolver. To tell the truth, Dämoren didn’t start off high on my priority list of books to read when I received it for review, though it did hook my attention when I was told there would be wendigos (seriously, more books need wendigos).

Publisher: Ragnarok Publications (April 14, 2014)

Dämoren by Seth Skorkowsky