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A review by peterseanesq
Hellenic Immortal by Gene Doucette
5.0
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Helenic Immortal by Gene Doucette
I really, really, really enjoyed this.
Adam is 50,000 years old and a drunk. In addition, he is very dangerous, sarcastic and lazy. All those features come together in this second book of what is now a five book series.
This book starts with a woman. In this case, it is a woman who seems to be stalking him at casinos in Las Vegas. Adam approaches and gets a hint that she knows something about his earlier life, back when he was the god Dionysus. Adam then learns that this woman has been under surveillance by the FBI, and now he is under FBI scrutiny. He meets an FBI agent named Mike Lycos who seems to have no trouble accessing his third-floor balcony. Then, it's off to an oracle and then Greece as Adam puts together what is fast becoming a deeper mystery that involves his past.
The story is a fun romp. The writing is light and fun. Adam comes across as someone I'd like to have a drink with it, and definitely wouldn't want to piss off.
We get some clues to the central mystery posited in the first book - who is the mysterious red-headed immortal woman that Adam can never seem to get close to?
I read the books out of order. I read Yuletide Immortal, so it was kind of fun seeing what was meant by Adam's references to the Sileni and imps.
I had to go back to my review of Immortal, where I promised that I was going to read the next in order of the series, i.e., this book, Hellenic Immortal. I was surprised to see that my review was posted in 2012.
So, it took me six years to get around to it. I've picked up the next in the series, and I should read it in fewer than six years.
Helenic Immortal by Gene Doucette
I really, really, really enjoyed this.
Adam is 50,000 years old and a drunk. In addition, he is very dangerous, sarcastic and lazy. All those features come together in this second book of what is now a five book series.
This book starts with a woman. In this case, it is a woman who seems to be stalking him at casinos in Las Vegas. Adam approaches and gets a hint that she knows something about his earlier life, back when he was the god Dionysus. Adam then learns that this woman has been under surveillance by the FBI, and now he is under FBI scrutiny. He meets an FBI agent named Mike Lycos who seems to have no trouble accessing his third-floor balcony. Then, it's off to an oracle and then Greece as Adam puts together what is fast becoming a deeper mystery that involves his past.
The story is a fun romp. The writing is light and fun. Adam comes across as someone I'd like to have a drink with it, and definitely wouldn't want to piss off.
We get some clues to the central mystery posited in the first book - who is the mysterious red-headed immortal woman that Adam can never seem to get close to?
I read the books out of order. I read Yuletide Immortal, so it was kind of fun seeing what was meant by Adam's references to the Sileni and imps.
I had to go back to my review of Immortal, where I promised that I was going to read the next in order of the series, i.e., this book, Hellenic Immortal. I was surprised to see that my review was posted in 2012.
So, it took me six years to get around to it. I've picked up the next in the series, and I should read it in fewer than six years.