Product Description

Angel and Doyle discover a group of Serpentene demons living locally as an affluent community. Not evil as such, nevertheless Cordelia and Doyle are not sure they can be trusted. Angel, on the other hand, has a deeper grasp of evil and innocence.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #767636 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

Reasonable, as books go
This book isn't one of the better Angel books but does deserve a look if you are really into Angel. Doyle's full of oneliners as usual and Cordy is a dumbblonde as possible. The shakers names are really funny if you understand your rock types. Worth a look but not a must have.

good story
This is a truly chilling story with some thought put into what really goes through Angel's mind as he broods. I did enjoy the story and I recommend the book to fans but there is the odd sentence that spoiled it slightly for me. However, although it seems better researched and has more understanding of the humour of Buffy/ Angel than Christopher Golden does, it is written with the same lack of understanding of life in the British Isles and the way its inhabitants think. Surely with two of the three main characters being Irish the writers of these books should try and think from a mindset which is not wholly American.

Finally, a novel worth the money.
This is probably the best yet of the 'Angel' original novels; the villains are interesting, there's some actual B-plotting, and the climax is satisfying. However (like all the 'Angel' books) we get yet more of how this ties in to something from Angel's past; it's not canon so the episodes could always contradict it, but these particular flashbacks (though attributed to a somewhat dodgy connection in Angel's mind) become truly chilling. DeBrandt conveys the evil of Angelus with brilliant subtlety during the flashbacks and the later Angel/Angelus mental confrontation. Angel is well characterised throughout, though Cordy and Doyle don't get much of a look-in; although isn't it about time we started seeing books featuring Wesley? Overall, a strong novel, worth buying.