The
opening book in DM Cain’s epic Light and Shadow fantasy series certainly
plunges us in at the deep end. The heart of this book – its true essence – is
prejudice and love, persistence and stubbornness. Stewart Bint – author of ‘In Shadows Waiting’ and ‘Timeshaft’.
In the deepest bowels
of hell, five demons have been summoned, their bonds to the fires of damnation
severed. For the first time in millennia, they have been called to the human realm
to put an end to a battle that has raged for centuries.
The Children of Light
and the Brotherhood of Shadow dominate the war-torn land, each yearning to rule
the planet. Now the Brotherhood has summoned the demons, a weapon that could
destroy their enemies once and for all, if they can only keep them under control.
Chaos, a soldier in
The Children of Light, basks in the glory of being the highest ranking fighter
of his generation, but his arrogance and impulsiveness prevent him from being
given the opportunity to prove himself. He believes himself beyond the law, but
a fateful coincidence puts him at the mercy of the demon, Anathema.
The two warriors,
demon and human, strike up an intense rivalry, but their obsession to destroy
one another only leads them closer together. They must decide which is more
important to them – their duty or their desire.
A
thought provoking and compelling dystopian world that will change the
way you view justice...
In
prisons across the country, inmates are forced to fight to the death
in a weekly bloodbath while the nation cheers them on. Awaiting his
death at the hands of the government’s ‘Phoenix Project’ is
Raven Kennedy, a bitterly
depressed young man who has never forgiven himself for his
unspeakable crime.
As
the real war wages within himself, Raven is forced to battle some of
the prison’s most ruthless killing machines - people who will
either save his life or drag him to his death.
Can
he survive long enough to unravel his guilt and self-loathing, or
will the battle arena and his own insanity kill him first?
‘The
Phoenix Project by D.M. Cain is a superbly written debut, soaked in
tension and intrigue,’ Jack Croxall, author of the ‘Tethers’
trilogy.
