Hell Holes Series ~ (What Lurks Below & Demons on the Dalton)
by Donald G. Firesmith
Genre: Science Fiction /Paranormal/Fantasy
Dates: 11th – 22nd of December
Hosted by: Ultimate Fantasy Book Tours
Blurb:
It’s August in Alaska, and geology professor Jack Oswald prepares for the new school year. But when hundreds of huge holes mysteriously appear overnight in the frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, Jack receives an unexpected phone call.
An oil company exec hires Jack to investigate, and he picks his climatologist wife and two of their graduate students as his team. Uncharacteristically, Jack also lets Aileen O’Shannon, a bewitchingly beautiful young photojournalist, talk him into coming along as their photographer.
When they arrive in the remote oil town of Deadhorse, the exec and a biologist to protect them from wild animals join the team. Their task: to assess the risk of more holes opening under the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and the wells and pipelines that feed it. But they discover a far worse danger lurks below. When it emerges, it threatens to shatter Jack’s unshakable faith in science. And destroy us all…
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Blurb:
When hundreds of huge holes mysteriously appeared overnight inthe frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, geologist Jack Oswald picked Angele Menendez, his climatologist wife, to determine if the record temperatures due to climate change was the cause. But the holes were not natural. They were unnatural portals for an invading army of demons. Together with Aileen O’Shannon, a 1,400-year-old sorceress demon-hunter, the three survivors of the research team sent to study the holes had only one chance: to flee down the dangerous Dalton Highway towards the relative safety of Fairbanks. However, the advancing horde of devils, imps, hellhounds, and gargoyles will stop at nothing to prevent their prey from escaping. It is a 350-mile race with simple rules. Win and live; lose and die…
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Holes-Demons-Donald-Firesmith-ebook/dp/B01FQA1EFI
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Review:
I read both books quite quickly back to back! I think each came to around a couple of hundred pages on my kindle and for me that is a short quickie read!
My question is when do we get book 3?
Back to the books at hand and I have to say that I really liked them, I loved the story line quite a lot and we have also some fantastic characters. My favorite is Aileen, nothing wrong with Jack and Angela but Aileen really stood out for me from the get go!
As I said, I loved the plot and I found it really original, it is not every day that big black holes appear in the earth especially around the north part of the planet, plus you make demons come out of them and you have me being a very happy girl!
But as I was reading and thinking about it, I was wondering why Alaska, Siberia and other parts that are far north? Let me explain so in the story those holes appear there and we even have a logical convo as to why they did not show in Antarctica.
But why not around the Equator? central Europe? South East Asia? I don’t get it.. the demons created those holes to attack us, wouldn’t they then go for more densely packed populated areas? Maybe I missed something, it is possible….
But other than that, in the books we had everything! Fights, magic, smart quips, battles gruesome deaths… pretty much what I enjoy best!
Honestly, I finished them too quickly and I felt like I wanted much more, or maybe there could have been room for more in each book.
So if I recall correctly, both books cover a handful of days since page 1 and considering the fact that now humans are at war with demons, it makes me wonder how big this series is going to be. I am not saying that in any negative way, but know some series are planned from the get go to be a certain number of books so it would put my mind at ease if I knew as well so that I can understand the pace and the timeline better. I am nosey like that I like to plan these things out!
So if you are like me and you love action packed battle with demons, then these 2 books (with more to come) are certainly for you! Plus Aileen is so so so awesome, it well worth the read for her alone! Those book are really easy and quick to read and really enjoyable!
I am going to highly recommend them and hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
Author Bio:
A geek by day, Donald Firesmith works as a system and software engineer helping the US Government acquire large, complex software-intensive systems. In this guise, he has authored seven technical books, written numerous software- and system-related articles and papers, and spoken at more conferences than he can possibly remember. He’s also proud to have been named a Distinguished Engineer by the Association of Computing Machinery, although his pride is tempered somewhat by his fear that the term “distinguished” makes him sound like a graybeard academic rather than an active engineer whose beard is still slightly more red than gray.
By night and on weekends, his alter ego writes modern paranormal fantasy, apocalyptic science fiction, action and adventure novels and relaxes by handcrafting magic wands from various magical woods and mystical gemstones. His first foray into fiction is the book Magical Wands: A Cornucopia of Wand Lore written under the pen name Wolfrick Ignatius Feuerschmied. He lives in Crafton, Pennsylvania with his wife Becky, and his son Dane, and varying numbers of dogs, cats, and birds.
His magical wands and autographed copies of his books are available from the Firesmith’s Wand Shoppe at http://magicalwandshoppe.com.
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BOOK TRAILER: https://youtu.be/amXuTAlKoX0
Thank you for your review. I’m currently working on Hell Holes: To Hell and Back, due out June 2018. I have two more in the pipeline after that.
oh thank you for letting me know, well I am certainly looking forward to the next one in the series! So if we have 3 more, to come, do you have an idea on how many books in total or are you still thinking about it?
The rationale for why the demons are arriving in Hell Holes around the Arctic Circle will be addressed in book 3. [SPOILER ALERT!] For millennia, demons have arrived in small numbers through small caves scattered primarily across the northern hemisphere (which is why demons fit the mythology of northern hemisphere religions). Now, they arrive in huge numbers through huge hell holes around the Arctic Circle. The demon’s portal technology is partially magnetic in nature and works easiest near the Earth’s magnetic poles. They know from previous incursions that if they arrive in the south, they get stuck in Antarctica, which prevents them from achieving their objectives (murder, mayhem, slavery). The demons have just made a major technology advance, which is why they are now able to support a major invasion.
oooh I like it! It made perfect sense for Antarctica and I was with you there, but now that you have explained it.. I see what is going on! Now you made it impossible for me to sit still till next June! It is going to be a super long wait!!!
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain! Thank you!!!!!