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    The Dark Ones
    The Dark Ones
    The Dark Ones
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    The Dark Ones

    By Demetrius O. Davis

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    In prison, Imed has reached his lowest point. Under the guidance of a mysterious new acquaintance, Darius, he begins to find purpose and peace with himself and his past. Darius continues this mentorship on the outside and invites Imed to train with him. Soon Imed finds himself in the middle of a bloody war between rival sects of Angels over the control of Heaven. He stands by Darius, leader of the Dark Ones, as they battle the Soul Assassins, led by the formidable Dural. Imed fights relentlessly, alongside his newfound love Vanessa and The Dark Ones. His quest will lead him to question himself, his allegiances and the path he has chosen. The lines of good and evil become blurred amid the bloodshed of war.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLazie Horse Publishing
    Release dateJun 22, 2011
    ISBN9780983638520
    The Dark Ones
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    Demetrius O. Davis

    Demetrius Davis was born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Throughout his life, he has used a variety of personal and professional experiences to serve as a palette for his true passion...writing. Although very private in his personal life, Mr. Davis opens his mind and imagination to readers so they can take a walk on the dark side. In addition to his writing, Mr. Davis is the President of The Lazie Horse Club, a newly founded clothing and accessories company.

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    • 1/5
      I read the first chapter and I'm not sure I will be getting much farther. While the suspense and the descriptions of everyone's reaction to this tall guy in the first chapter is a bit engaging I'm having issues with other aspects of the book. First, the physical book itself is really hard to read. There is almost no margin at the spine of the book and the last word in the line is really difficult to read. It ruins the flow and the enjoyment of reading a book for me. And then the other thing I noticed and really didn't like is that people's thoughts in the book seem to really jump around and its really hard to keep track of whose thoughts are being described. It seems like 3 different people's reactions can all be described in the same sentence so its hard as the reader to keep track. Ordinarily these things would not deter me and I would keep reading just so the sake of the story... but there are a lot of other things I want to read right now.... so maybe I'll make it back to this book... but probably not.
    • 2/5
      This was a strange book. A young man is introduced in prison to Darius, a dark angel, and on release begins training with him for the ultimate battle for heaven with another group of angels. The other group, although supposedly closer to God, and with white wings as opposed to black, actually seemed to be the more evil ones. The premise behind this was vague and difficult to understand. The book was hard to read because of the extremely poor grammar, sentence structure and spelling. In addition, it was full of colloquial slang, much of which seemed to have an ethnic lean. The dialogue from the characters was poor and sometimes didn't even fit their personalities. I try not to rate books on the grammar, spelling, etc, and rather on the basis of the content. If I had to rate that, I would give it a 0 if I could. This was not a galley proof but a signed, final edition and it was pathetic. The publishers and editors should be fired. I cannot recommend this book.
    • 2/5
      Two factions of angels war over the earth, the fate of humanity to be determined by those who win. I found it hard to determine who the good guys really were. The dark angels you meet promote learning and phsyical prowess yet they appear to be the ones who wish humanity to be wiped out. You are introduced to the light angels through a character that causes several people to die in unplesant ways in order to kill off an idea, yet these are the ones who seem to want to preserve humanity.The story contained in this book is very imaginative and could be great if the author was to refine it further. There are numerous spelling mistakes, not counting the street slang used, and continuity errors that could use additional editing.
    • 2/5
      There are 41 proof reading errors, from page 17 through to page 299. Considering there are only 300 pages, it is excessive. I found it very distracting. I don’t plan to go into a lot of detail in this review. The storyline is intriguing with black & white twin angels battling each other on earth and using humans to destroy each other. Depending on the Angel, he represents either Heaven or Hell. God is put forward as to be in a meditative state which is why the Angels are able to do what they want. It is written by a Black man with Black characters using ghetto slang which as a White man, I found hard to understand. An interesting read but I will not be reading any of his other books.
    • 1/5
      The author signed my review copy, so I feel bad for what I'm about to say.As most other reviewers have noted, a simple once-over for grammar would have improved the book tenfold. It's at its worst in the very first chapter, which is like hanging up a "Do Not Read" sign, but punctuation errors, poor execution of quotations, random capitalization etc... run through the entire text. These things are an irritant, but aren't so extreme that I can't understand what is being written. The real problem here is in the style. Aside from a few rather well thought out bits of description, The Dark Ones is one big "Show, don't tell," violation. A big warning sign for this sort of thing is the preponderance of terms like, "Knew, Understood, Realized, Explained," and "Felt." One of these words pops up on almost every page. They fade out when the action picks up, but the telling still continues. The result is that even if the book were grammatically perfect, it would be exceptionally boring. This isn't because the plot is boring, just that the way it is presented is completely monotone. The telling style actively diffuses any sort of tension and makes what could be an exciting story read like a textbook.
    • 1/5
      This book seemed to have some potential. In the mystery of its characters to the questions of good and evil, I believe the story could have been presented in a way that would induce me to read more than the first 50 pages.However, as it currently is, I couldn't make it. The Dark Ones begins with a (somewhat evil-minded) cop answering a call that leads to a prisoner without a name, referred to vaguely in his description as 'John Doe' or the 'tall one'. The cop (also nameless) doesn't seem to play any sort of part in the story other than introducing the mysterious man, and really I think I'd have been more entrapped by someone else's viewpoint. The police dog, for instance. No, it would have been better to hear from someone who mattered, I didn't want backstories and opinions of characters who were nobody in the story, not starting out. My impression was that the author wanted to get the readers to really feel the scenes, especially the prison. I didn't care for those descriptions, however, they were just boring and crude without adding much. It doesn't really matter how horrible conditions are if you don't know who the protagonist is or what he feels about it. Ok, now that's all based on Chapter 1. Chapter 2 immediately starts with a potentially-interesting person with a name -- Imed, the main character. You get a little glimpse of his backstory and personality. He goes with his mentor, Darius, to a house in the mountains. Goodbye, prison. So if we needed to see Imed's low point before he rose up and became somebody, there must be a better way to show it. Chapter 1 completely failed to grab me, whereas Chapter 2 began the interesting stuff.I think I may have liked the dialog, especially between Imed and his mentor, but the grammar and writing in general were sloppy and hard to get through.I also couldn't deal with the language. That's just personal preference, of course.It's fun to have a story with an ordinary guy (or in this case, maybe not-so-ordinary criminal) learning of a fantastical existence. Presented differently, I would have enjoyed several of the scenes. As it was, though, I got stuck in those first 50 pages and after several tries could still not motivate myself to go farther.
    • 5/5
      this book is really good. the characters were interesting and the human characters where very realistic. everyone thought that they were right, so Imed couldn't really decide which side was correct, and i thought that made the book interesting.
    • 1/5
      It took some time to get through this muddled mess. I think the story had excellent potential but it was never fully fleshed out. That combined with the horrible grammar, spelling errors, and poor character dialog made for a tough read which was not very enjoyable. I never really understood who was supposed to be on the side of good and who wasn't.
    • 1/5
      I read constantly. I seldom have trouble getting through a book. However, I can't finish this one despite my efforts. The book is not well written even though you could tell this was a real labor of love for the author. The story is actually quite interesting and so are the characters but the writing was awkward, stilted and unreal. This is not ready for publication.
    • 2/5
      I tried this book thinking that it was going to be good. There were many grammatical errors which make it hard for me to actually get into it. It is not the best written book, the story is weak and contradictory and the characters are not at all engaging. The story seemed promising but its just not interesting once you get to reading it.
    • 1/5
      The Dark OnesDemetrius O. DavisLazie Horse Publishing (2011), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 304 pagesI tried to give this book a chance. Really. After three separate starts I found myself unable to get even halfway through before having to put it down in dismay. The story may have had some worthy potential, but I couldn't get past the grammatical and spelling errors to engage the tale.Lazie Horse Publishing may be a half step removed from vanity press. In this case even a vanity press would probably have provided more professional editorial service and advice, from which he would richly benefit.
    • 1/5
      The premise of this book was very interesting but the poor writing really prevented me from enjoying it. I was so distracted by the stilted and juvenile sentence structure and word choices (as well as the grammatical errors and spelling mistakes) that I found I was unable to lose myself in the story, and it became worse rather than better the longer I read. I think the plot idea was a good one and maybe a good editor could've assisted the writer in bringing a richer and more mature feel to the text, but it read like an early draft by a beginner rather than something that was a finished product.
    • 3/5
      When Darius meets Imed in prison and offers him a chance to do good, Imed is ready to make changes in his life. He soon learns that Darius is an angel and he and other angels known as the Dark Ones are battling with a group of fallen angels for the souls of men. However, things don't always add up and Imed is beginning to wonder if maybe he is on the wrong side.The Dark Ones is a very unique take on God's plan and the role that angels play in that plan. There is a great deal of fighting and violence, some quite graphic (one description of the rise of a serial killer actually made me feel slightly ill). At times, I found the descriptions of fight training a little tedious but I suspect that would resonate more with men than a slightly past middle aged woman.However, I liked the attitude towards women in this book (I really enjoyed Mt Davis' explanation of the Adam and Eve story) and appreciated the equality in the relationship between Imed and Vanessa, his girlfriend.This book won't appeal to everyone because of the graphic violence and language but it has a real gritty feel to it that will appeal to anyone who likes lots of down and dirty fighting in their reading.
    • 1/5
      I did not enjoy this book. The cover blurb sounded quite interesting, but the story is very poorly told. Even after finishing the book, I'm still not quite sure who were the "good" guys and who were the "bad" guys. The writing seemed very middle-school and the story was hard to get into. The premise could have made an excellent story, but this story is just dumb.Also, the book badly needs to be proofread. Even for an uncorrected proof (which I'm not sure if it is - it doesn't say it is but Early Reviewer books often are) there are a preposterous number of errors in both spelling and grammar. I can't imagine how it got to published state without having been proofread even once. It reads like a very bad first draft. There is at least one error in almost every paragraph.

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