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book_mad_mess's review
4.0
I thought it was a good story. Plenty of action to keep the story moving along.
sharamarquis's review
4.0
It was a little hard to get into at first, but after the first couple of chapters it got a little better. I didn't really like the ending, even though I know it's part of a series, I feel he could have ended it a little differently. Overall, I would probably read it again.
git_r_read's review
5.0
Good versus evil, the timeless battle, is part of what makes a superb urban fantasy. Good are the Knights Templar that everyone has assumed was annihilated in the 14th century when the Order had been accused of witchcraft. The Order of the Knights Templar had just gone underground, then "reborn as a secret military arm of the Vatican with the mission to defend mankind from supernatural threats and enemies."
The main character is William Cade, The Heretic. He is the leader of Echo Team, members of the Templars, but with permission to work independently from the rest of the Knights. When things get so hinky that the Order can't get it done, Echo Team is called in.
Cade has powers of his own, using them and the Knights to fight evil in all forms and what appears to be revenge on what he calls The Adversary, the entity that killed his wife.
Ther is an enemy, The Other, with power beyond what's been witnessed before and it is attacking the Templars' bases in search of an artifact and it's up to Cade and his team to find this powerful being and annihilate it before it can succeed its mission.
This story moves supremely fast, holding the reader in its grasp, until the very amazing end. I cannot wait to read the next in the series, A SCREAM OF ANGELS and A TEAR IN THE SKY.
Thank you, Joseph, for emailing me with the request to read and review this hellah awesome book.
Five amazing more Cade and Echo Team please sparkly diamonds...
The main character is William Cade, The Heretic. He is the leader of Echo Team, members of the Templars, but with permission to work independently from the rest of the Knights. When things get so hinky that the Order can't get it done, Echo Team is called in.
Cade has powers of his own, using them and the Knights to fight evil in all forms and what appears to be revenge on what he calls The Adversary, the entity that killed his wife.
Ther is an enemy, The Other, with power beyond what's been witnessed before and it is attacking the Templars' bases in search of an artifact and it's up to Cade and his team to find this powerful being and annihilate it before it can succeed its mission.
This story moves supremely fast, holding the reader in its grasp, until the very amazing end. I cannot wait to read the next in the series, A SCREAM OF ANGELS and A TEAR IN THE SKY.
Thank you, Joseph, for emailing me with the request to read and review this hellah awesome book.
Five amazing more Cade and Echo Team please sparkly diamonds...
bookwyrm55's review
4.0
Fast action, cool world-building. For anyone into ritual magic, deep religious secrets, and lots of fiighting. Follow Cade and his team as they run afoul of sorcerors, revenants, demons and fight to prevent an ancient relic with great power from falling into the wrong hands.
austinstorm's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not a supernatural military novel guy, but this was ok.
iffer's review
2.0
Entertaining, but overdramatic! I think I'd kind of love this as a low-ish budget sci-fi TV show.
matosapa's review
2.0
Originally published serially online, this version is collected together into a single novel. Interesting but the writing was occasionally awkward and the story was fairly standard - for this genre.
karenangela_1's review against another edition
4.0
This is the first book I have read by this writer and I look forward to reading more. My only complaint is that the ending seemed a little rushed, there was so much time building up to Cane's confrontation with the bad guy and then it was all over in a couple of pages
slapshottechnology's review
4.0
Great sci-fi of the templars and other mystic beasts. Cade is tough commander in charge of an elite group trying to protect the Spear of Destiny