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    Soulrazor (Blood Skies, Book 3)
    Soulrazor (Blood Skies, Book 3)
    Soulrazor (Blood Skies, Book 3)
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    Soulrazor (Blood Skies, Book 3)

    By Steven Montano

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    The war continues...

    Eric Cross and his team of elite mercenaries are the bane of the Ebon Cities. Armed with the cutting-edge arcane weaponry of the Southern Claw, Cross and his crew – Black, Kane, Ronan, Maur, Grissom and Ash – have become a veritable thorn in the side of the vampire armies.

    Now the team is tasked with halting vampire activity near the remote city-state of Fane, where the Ebon Cities have teamed up with a former Revenger in search of a deadly weapon called Soulrazor.

    To make matters worse, something sinister has happened to Cross, and the key to his salvation is somehow directly tied to the Ebon Cities’ new soldiers: a host of necrotic angels who bear traces of divine power.

    Cross and his team must travel across a blighted wilderness and do battle with a vile array of enemies as they race not only to save the city of Thornn from total annihilation, but to rescue Cross’ very soul from an enemy more powerful than he could ever imagine...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven Montano
    Release dateJun 20, 2012
    ISBN9781476104324
    Soulrazor (Blood Skies, Book 3)
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    Steven Montano

    I’m Steven Montano, an accountant who thinks he’s a writer, based mainly on the fact that I managed to get a few D&D adventures published roughly 2,000 years ago. I’ve been writing as a hobby for almost 20 years. I’m currently hard at work on the “Blood Skies” project, a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy fiction series. It has magic. And guns. And vampires. Really, what more could you want?

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    • 3/5
      This is a hard book to write about. While the author does an okay joy of developing his characters, locations and events, the story just wasn't, to me at least, one of the books that I pick up and don't want to put down until I had finished it. The characters didn't interest me enough to do more than care a little bit what happened to them. Some of what seemed to be major characters had little development to them and events at times seemed to be rushed and the ending seemed to be there to finish it up. Want to kill time, this is okay. Want to be grabbed, maybe look somewhere else.
    • 3/5
      I was confused most of the book. This is a book where you really have to let go and immerse yourself in the world. It was hard for me to get into, but the last few chapters pulled me in enough that I'll probably read the next book in the series.

      I believe my problem in the beginning was two fold.
      The genre--it was listed as military scifi (which I like), but this was nothing like the stuff I've read before. I went in expecting one thing and found something else. It was hard to shift gears. There are witches, warlocks, vampires, and other monsters on a planet. Magic, carnage, oh and some heavy weaponry. I don't know what you would call this, which is probably the same problem the author had. Maybe alternate earth military paranormal?

      The style--it's hard to get to know Cross or any of the other characters, and in the end I figured out why. The world/setting is really the main character. You have to understand the world before any of the characters can grab your attention.
    • 5/5
      This is the first book I've read by Steven Montano. Excellent writer with skills that put you into the story. There were times I could almost smell the dank and death in the scenes he was describing. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
    • 5/5
      If you ever wanted to hunt down some vampires, here is the squad to take along to do it. Bring your guns, bows, grenades and machetes, but don't leave your warlock behind. You're going to need Eric Cross to survive after The Black, the apocalyptic hell that our world has become.When Cross' sister gets taken, his original mission of hunting down a traitor takes an unexpected turn. He will be up against some brutal vampires, but expect to find golems, unicorns, spirits, zombies, massive wolves and a world where being a normal human barely makes the cut anymore. In this war you will have to accept and become a part of the fantasy if you are to stand a chance of surviving, as there are arcane nightmares everywhere.Beautiful imagery and writing in here that will help you accomplish just that, at a pace full of action. But don't dream too deep into it all, as you already have a short life expectancy by being a warlock, and the living are soon to become the fantasy.I will be watching for future works from Steven Montano, as this debut novel, Blood Skies, will stay on my shelf for reading again in the future.
    • 2/5
      First in a series ( I thought of three books, but am not sure now). Not really interesting for my reading, as it deals with some dimensional rift that placed vampire-type humanoids on Earth. The story itself wasn't too terrible, but I just am a bit tired of vamps. I have the 2nd and 3rd books, but think I will pass on them....
    • 4/5
      Every now and then, I like to read something out of my “wheel house”. So, when Steve Montano asked me if I would read and review his book, Blood Skies, I happily accepted. . If you’ve read any on my reviews, you can see that Blood Skies is definitely not the genre of book I typically read. When I finish a book, I almost always write a review immediately. Other times, I like to let the book “stew” and then write a review. Blood Skies is the type of book that I needed to let stew. Blood Skies is what I’ll call an “apocalyptic fantasy”. The story revolves around Eric Cross, who is a warlock and a soldier in the Southern Claw Military. Warlocks and witches have spirits, a visible being who is literally a part of them. The spirit heals, protects and fights for the person they belong to. Cross and his comrades, who includes his sister, Snow, who is a witch, are literally out to save the world. To fully explain the workings of their world would take a review longer than I want to write and definitely longer than you want to read. But here’s what I do want to tell you: Steve Montano is a writer with a beautiful, poetic style. Montano is somehow able to paint a vivid picture of a bleak world. His world building is stunningly descriptive. His descriptions of the land, the sky, the sometimes terrible creatures who inhabit this world are so consuming, I sometimes had to step back for a bit. The terror had me literally holding my breath. Besides world-building, the author also did a brilliant job of conveying Cross’ emotions. He gave an in-depth account of the terror and Cross’ struggles to maintain his sanity. Surprisingly, there is also a tremendous amount of love in Blood Skies. Eric Cross has such deep, sometimes shattering love for his team, but especially his sister, Snow, and his spirit. Sometimes, those passages regarding that love almost brought tears to my eyes. I wanted to share a tiny bit: (Regarding Snow)“…and seeing her there now, so tall, so beautiful, filled him with worry and nearly brought a tear to his eyes.” (Regarding Spirit) “His spirit still held him as if impassioned, and she was stuck to his skin like lover’s sweat.” I’ll be the first to say that Blood Skies is not for everyone. But if you’re like me, and want to step out of your comfort zone, Blood Skies is a good place to start.

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