BTS Tours: Review and Giveaway: Book of Death by S. Evan Townsend

Title: Book of Death 

Author: S. Evan Townsend 

Publisher: World Castle Publishing 

Length: 266 pages 

Sub-Genres: Vampires, Paranormal Entities 

 BLURB: 

 They live among us. We know they are there. No government can control them; no authority can stop them. Some are evil. Some are good. All are powerful. They inhabit our myths and fairy tales. But what if they were real, the witches, wizards, and fairy godmothers? What if they were called "adepts" and were organized into guilds for mutual protection and benefit? And what if some of them discovered a power that other adepts could not match.

During the turbulent 1960s, when American adept Peter Branton agrees to go to Transylvania for the CIA, he suspects it's not about ball bearings as he was told. What he finds is a plot that could kill millions of people and plunge the world into eternal tyranny and bloodshed. Branton doesn't know it, but he's about to face the adept guilds' worst nightmare: practicing necromancers with a taste for human blood. 

EXCERPT : 

 I'd never seen this type of meta before. At least I assumed that's what it was, as the wooden man inexorably walked toward me with a creak of moving wood, like tree branches in a heavy wind. It was raising its arms for another blow so I stepped back and shot an airbolt at it. I heard wood crack, but that didn't stop it. It swung again and its wooden fist pounded into my face, knocking me down and back on the sidewalk. Somewhere I heard screams and yells. A guy sitting on the sidewalk, his back to a storefront, muttered, "Wow, bad trip, man."

The Indian was bending over, its face expressionless except for the painted-on peace sign as it seemed to prepare for another attack. I shot fire at it, assuming old dry wood would ignite easily, and it did: the hippie dress went up in flames, and now the monster was a burning mass, still attacking me. It smacked me again with a flaming arm and I suffered from both the impact and the burns. Nearly screaming, I scrambled away on hands and knees. I don't think I'd ever been that scared. Still it came, oblivious to the fact it was on fire.

A motorcycle cop I hadn't noticed jumped off his bike, pulled his service revolver, and shot it into the Indian with six cracks of bullets being fired. It had no effect other than sending burning splinters of wood flying. The cop suddenly looked frightened, and was gripping his billy club but taking no further action.

People were screaming loudly now. I looked around, looking for an escape. If I could teleport away I might escape, but I could see no clear place to teleport to. Briefly I wondered what happened to Ernestine and if she were safe. I didn't sense the presence of another adept, but I didn't really have the ability to be quiet enough to do so. I just hoped she was okay.

The burning Indian smacked me again, hard, in the chest and I felt as if my feet left the ground as I was knocked into a car's side. I heard and felt sheet metal crumple and knew I'd hit the car hard. My vision was going gray. But I realized my shirt was on fire and that kept me from passing out; if I passed out I was probably dead. I pulled water from the air to douse the fire, but this took time and the Indian was on me again, even though it was moving very slowly.

I wondered if I'd survive until the wooden Indian had been consumed by the flames. It hit me again, knocking me to the sidewalk. There was an unpleasant smell and I realized my hair was burning. I used my bare hand to pat out the flames. This gave the Indian time to hit me again, hard. It almost felt as if I flew through the air and was slapped painfully to the sidewalk, the Indian still lumbering toward me.

In desperation I shot another airbolt at it. It must have been on the verge of falling apart because that hit blew it into flaming pieces that scattered over the street and also hit me, burning my skin or singeing my clothes. But it was no longer attacking.

 BUY LINKS: 

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Book-Death-S-Evan-Townsend/dp/1938961269/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1346972143&sr=8-8&keywords=s.+evan+townsend 

B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book-of-death-s-evan-townsend/1112902272?ean=2940015688412

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

 S. Evan Townsend has been called 'America's Unique Speculative Fiction Voice.' Evan is a writer living in central Washington State. After spending four years in the U.S. Army in the Military Intelligence branch, he returned to civilian life and college to earn a B.S. in Forest Resources from the University of Washington. In his spare time he enjoys reading, driving (sometimes on a racetrack), meeting people, and talking with friends. He is in a 12-step program for Starbucks addiction. Evan lives with his wife and has three grown sons. He enjoys science fiction, fantasy, history, politics, cars, and travel.

 Author Links: 

Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/Gnike_j2KSI Website: http://sevantownsend.blogspot.com/ 

Blog: http://www.radioactivecommunistzombies.com/writers_thoughts/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/S-Evan-Townsend/120699138076862

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Twitter: @SEvanTownsend

 Review:

I agreed to read this book because after all everyone knows my love for the paranormal, no matter what era it is set in.  This book was filled with intrigue, mystery , a tad bit of  romance and lots of action.


In this book , Peter Branton is sent by the CIA to  Transylvania, to check out or so they say the making of ball bearings. What he finds is so much more than that.  Someone is practicing necromancy and tends to use it not for the greater good but could take out millions of people if not stopped.

I hadn't known this book was part of a series, until after I started it . And even though I was a bit confused in parts, I did enjoy this book. There was some things I figured out, but there was a twist in this book I didn't see coming and it truly surprised me.  I did like the fact , humans knew about the 'adepts' and also was smart enough to ask for their help when needed as well as gave them a wide berth , not sure so much out of respect but as they were leery of them.

Overall, this was a nice read, I did like.  Would I read the rest of books in this series? Absolutely! I think I am missing some key elements reading this book first, so I would love to back track and maybe I could understand them a bit more.

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