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Title: Angel Steel
Author: Randy Chandler
Narrator: Gary Roelofs
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-28-15
Publisher: Grand Mal Press
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Publisher's Summary:
When virgin warrior Braga learns from a cross-cult sorcerer that Fate has chosen her to steal the sword of a rogue angel, she lights out on a dangerous quest from mystical Hag Mountain to other worlds, and even into the bowels of hell. With her soul in the balance, she and the mist-walking sorcerer encounter all manner of damned souls, demons, the living dead, and noble fighters.
A sweeping tale of vengeance and manipulative evil, Angel Steel takes you on an intriguing trip into the dark fantastic.
Bonus Story: An Eldritch Steel tale of Rorc, a barbarian seeking the scourge that walks on two legs. He and his warhorse, Demon, must deal with shape-shifters and unearthly monsters before their journey's mysterious end.
Critic Reviews:
"In Angel Steel, Chandler again demonstrates his mastery at turning phrases and telling solid, horrific tales.... Randy Chandler is a name to be remembered and read!" (Gregory L. Norris, author of Shrunken Heads: 20 Tiny Tales of Mystery and Terror.)
Members Reviews:
Terrific read!
In Angel Steel, Randy Chandler deviates from his usual (horror) genre and enters the realm of fantasy. In this captivating tale, Braga's mother is dying, and she learns that her father is of a different race/tribe, and intends to capture Braga and impregnate her, as he did her mother. Already a fierce warrior, Braga gathers a small entourage and embarks on a quest to preemptively find and kill her father. In her travels, she obtains a heavenly sword called Angel Steel, whose owner must "pour (her) desire into the weapon, and it will do (her) exact bidding."
Broadly, Angel Steel is the battle between heaven and hell. Specifically, it is the devil's game, and the characters his game pieces.
Angel Steel is an epic poem, in prose disguise. Chandler's timbre in this work is so unlike the tone and style of his other works, that it feels like he could have envisioned or dreamed it, and then transcribed it. Expertly employing mythological gods and creatures, along with Biblical characters and demons, Chandler has created a saga spanning thousands of years; yet the book is tight - rich, like a creamy dessert. At the same time, it is peppered with his hallmark use of charming metaphors and alliteration. "...away from the suffocating sameness of celestial existence." and "Her heavy breasts heaved beneath her hard-hide breastplate."
The characters are not only singular, but fascinating. There is Demoriel, the seventh demon, who was cast out of Mary Magdalene, but in the dispelling was necessarily touched by Jesu/Yaweh. He has spent the intervening years trying to communicate with angels, while fighting demons.
My favorite character was Mulroy, a boy killed by ants and owned by Lucifer, whose soul, in a decomposing body, accompanies Braga and her entourage throughout most of their travels. Mulroy is plagued by birds of prey landing on his shoulders to feast on his flesh, but Mulroy's handling of these feathered pests provides the reader with refreshingly fun interludes.
Angel Steel is a terrific read! It moves at a brisk pace, with few places for a break. Recommended for anyone who loves an epic fantasy.
A dark tale about teh gods and the demons!!
We know that in the absence of light, there is only darkness. Angel Steel by Randy Chandler is a dark and mystifying tale about gods and demons and the clashes between heaven and hell.