Title: THE DESCENDING DARKNESS
Author: Michael Chulsky
Publish Date: 10.03.13
Publisher: Rocking Horse Publishing
Category: Children’s literature, Fantasy
Recommended for: 9+ due to intense subject (younger
children may have nightmares)
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
Received from: Michael Chulsky (in exchange for an honest review)
Goodreads: The
Descending Darkness
Date completed: 10.11.13
Description from the publisher:
After going from demon hunter to babysitter, seventeen-year-old SHADOW
has truly hit rock bottom. One week he’s slaughtering demons, and the next he
has ten super-powered teenagers in his care. Shadow needs them, because without
them he can’t hope to defeat his new foe. But he’s never dealt with other
teenagers before. He never had a real childhood. He’s always been a loner.
Hell, he’s tried the whole having-a-pet thing. It died.
Shadow’s mission: save the world and ensure his entire team survives the potential apocalypse. If MAEDARA, self-proclaimed fashionista and Queen of Evil, wasn’t trying to rule the world, it’d be cake. Now, not only does Shadow have to deal with teens more concerned with going to the mall than fighting evil, but also a villain who, in his opinion, makes Lady Gaga look like Mother Theresa.
Shadow’s mission: save the world and ensure his entire team survives the potential apocalypse. If MAEDARA, self-proclaimed fashionista and Queen of Evil, wasn’t trying to rule the world, it’d be cake. Now, not only does Shadow have to deal with teens more concerned with going to the mall than fighting evil, but also a villain who, in his opinion, makes Lady Gaga look like Mother Theresa.
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Shadow is a dhampir, half-human and
half-vampire. Normally, he is a
superhero-esque character lurking the shadows and protecting mankind against
the demons they don’t even know are there.
After an oracle’s reading, he is given a mission to save the world, but
first he must gather his team. He
locates and trains ten young humans, each with special abilities that will
assist in the coming battle. Will they
learn to work as a team? Will they
defeat Maedara and her evil darkness before the world is doomed?
I read this book in one night. I just couldn’t put it down. This is a perfect first chapter book for
emerging readers. Michael is a gifted
story-teller with a terrific sense of humor and a bit of biting sarcasm that
keeps the story flowing smoothly and with plenty of action. I love the under-lying theme of acceptance
for each person as they are while allowing and encouraging them to grow to
maturity.
originally posted 10.11.2013 on my
previous website
WordPress.com closed that site
because I promoted authors and their books
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