Stairway to Heaven
by Alex Stevens
GENRE: Fantasy
BLURB:
Corporal
Jack Graven should be dead. Murdered by a vengeful angel at his own father's
funeral, Jack is resurrected and returns to life carrying a terrible secret: he
is the Archangel Gabriel reincarnated.
Jack's not the only one
with secrets. His older brother, Lieutenant Colonel Tyler Graven "Demon of
Kyoto", has just inherited his father's fortune and legacy as Lord of War,
with no intention of stopping there: Tyler will someday rule the world.
The brothers reunite
their elite military unit, “The Four Horsemen,” with Tyler’s longtime flame
Colonel Diana Levitas and the mysterious Lance Corporal Jin Xialong. Together
they seek to uncover the truth of Jack’s past life and propel Tyler to his
impossible destiny.
Thrust into a
supernatural war, the Gravens find salvation through the Black Muramasa, a
cursed black katana and the only weapon that can destroy immortals. As they
uncover more mysteries behind the ancient blade, they come face to face with
the Devil himself, but in the most familiar of faces. Their pasts, presents,
and futures all linked, the Four Horsemen must end the war once and for all to
survive with their souls intact. Failing could mean the end of the world.
A follow up to the
explosive first book in the Ballad of Fallen Angels series, “Sympathy for the
Devil,” Book 2 is an action-packed, gun-slinging adventure that packs the punch
of a military thriller with high-stakes supernatural intrigue.
Amazon Book link:
https://www.amazon.com/Stairway-Heaven-Ballad-Fallen-Angels-ebook/dp/B0BCMKVFQP/ref=sr_1_1
Before the man could blink, I pulled the twin Berettas from
their holsters, my fingers hammering the triggers. Time for a bloodbath.
I had died once, and it wasn’t pleasant. An angel had
swooped from the sky and smashed through my chest as if it were thin wallpaper
at my father’s funeral. Since then, I realized, amongst other things, that I
could move with godlike speed as necessary, which saved me from anguish on most
occasions. The drug dealer's trigger squeeze stretched longer than the instant
it took me to draw and fire, as I rolled to the right while dodging the threat
of the man’s final shots. I fired several more times before he could accomplish
the same feat.
He was the first to die.
I could feel the rounds closing in on me furiously, like an
angry storm of tiny projectiles absent of remorse. I leapt forward into a dive
and rolled to dodge several of them, sprinting to cover behind a cluster of
barrels in the room’s corner. I would regenerate if anything pierced my armor,
but after taking quite a few rounds over the years I realized pain was never
enjoyable. A roomful of men would soon learn a powerful lesson: everyone is a
hero until it’s time to reload. Unfortunately for the amateurs before me, they
had begun firing simultaneously, and thus would be incapacitated in tandem
while reloading.
A few seconds could stretch into a lifetime.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Alex Stevens is
a Marine Corps Veteran with two deployments and a graduate of the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas Interdisciplinary Studies program, a unique undergraduate
degree that caters to students with various interests of study. He is also an
advent traveler and philosophy enthusiast who has spent a lifetime studying
religions, with a focus on Non-denominational Christianity. Alex spends most of
his time going for walks, spending time with loved ones, and when the juices
are flowing, writing. Fantasy fiction is his great escape from the mundane and
he likes to create fantastical realities that are blended with non-fictional
people, places, and events.
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8 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Thank you so much for hosting. A question for the readers: how did the excerpt grab, or fail to grab, your attention?
Sounds like an interesting story.
Thank you, Kim
Great excerpt and giveaway. :)
Thanks, Cali.
This cover looks very cool!
Thanks, Marisela. Hopefully you give the book a shot!
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