Product Description

Six years have passed and Danny has unexpectedly returned, like a revenant visiting the scene of the crime, a ghost haunting his own grave.
He has finally fulfilled Ian's prophecy and become the lost boy of his brother's old and favoured fairy tale, the Snow Queen. He is a dead man walking, the ice splinter now wedged so deeply inside his heart no-one can reach him.
He repeatedly warns people of his own heartlessness, only for them to ignore him, heedlessly disregarding his honesty, believing they will be the one to raise him from the dead, their own Personal Jesus.
Unfortunately, tortured Messiah or not, he consumes his new disciples with a numbing ferocity, sucking perversion and emotional sustenance from them like something long-dead desperately seeking heat, while they, blinded by the maimed beauty of his self-immolation at John's altar, are too slow to realise that touching his martyr's heart may well be beyond the capability of anyone living, and that something altogether more disturbing might be lurking behind his zealot's mission to embrace his darkling past and re-enter the lion's den of his old family home.
Yes, Danny has finally come home.
The question is... why?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #776167 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 804 pages

From the Publisher
He's back... and he wants more than your boots and your motorcycle.

Returning to the scene of the crime, Danny finds himself slowly sinking back into the netherworld of his previous existence. But he is "a man with a mission", or so he claims, but what is his mission, and what exactly is he prepared to do to achieve it?

From the Back Cover
They say that the Anti-Christ has the power to present himself in a pleasing and seductive form. They say he has the eyes of an angel and the appetites of a goat. They say he appears to men in the form which they desire most: saviour, healer, lover, friend. They say his breath is rich with the tang of forbidden fruit and his eyes have the power to hypnotise. They say his ancient name, written in Aramaic, is D'iel - a corruption of the blessed name of Daniel, passed through the mouths of time until its sound became 'Devil'. They say that if you catch him fast enough out the corner of your eye, or a sidelong glance in a mirror, you may glimpse the true nature of the beast...

Customer Reviews

My favorite 'DANNY' so far...
If you are purchasing this book, and you have not read Volume 1, please do so now. I loved this one even better than the first! The saga of the Jackson-Moore family continues in the second book to the Quadrilogy, which provides even more insight into this wonderful, twisted family. DANNY fans will not be dissappointed, and if you are reading this recommendation, than you must be curious-and I say go for it! DANNY is hardcore (not your usual library material), but once you enter into the bizzare Jackson-Moore family, you won't turn back...

The New Testament
The second installment to the greatest story ever told, DANNY 2, The Revenant, has arrived. The finest written characters in literature are back, and they're as good as they ever have been.

As the characters (and readers) are still reeling from the events in book 1, each character has continued in their own private lives - some more surprisingly than others. However, much as they may think they have grown, when they come back together the spell is cast again.

Book 2 can be seen from two very different angles, hence the two covers, and both are completely accurate at the same time. Danny's return is like a fox rampaging through a house full of chickens. Danny finds his admirers again, along with some new ones, lures them in and enslaves them but, as always, he's setting them up for the kill. Even though they know they're playing with a huge ball of fire, they just can't resist Danny's own special brand of magic. It's the readers' job to work out what's actually going on - as it always is. We get the chance to play pyschological detective again.

However, at the same time, in book 2, Danny is walking the world with his guts hanging out while the vultures circle him, waiting to swoop when he falls. This may not sound appealing, but imagine the sexiest walking dead, with the most attractive vultures around, and the devouring is indeed a metaphor for what they'll do when they get their hands on him.

As in DANNY 1, we see personal strength of psychotic proportions, personal survival above all else, and the reader delves ever deeper into the characters' past, unveiling some new mysteries, appearing to conclude others and concreting some assumptions made in book 1.

When talking about the DANNY series, you can't help but be visceral - the book is too raw and honest to receive any less a reaction. The same terms come to mind: see, taste, smell, feel. No-one just reads DANNY, you live it, and book 2 is no different. When you open the book, you enter their world, your surroundings fade away. It's the ultimate in escapism. Engrossing isn't the word for it - there are no words for it. After reading the first book, the DANNY world is a necessity, so get yourself a ticket to the return of the greatest show in town. As for the big twist (actually the author described it best - the big shiny present), you'd better glue your socks on.