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Hellbender (Murder Ballads and Whiskey Book 2) (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Jason Jack Miller (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
3,6 3,6 su 5 stelle 40 voti
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Although the Collins clan is steeped in Appalachian magic, Henry has never paid it much attention. But when his younger sister dies mysteriously Henry can't shake the feeling that the decades-old feud between his family and another is to blame.

You see, some people have forgotten about the old energy that permeates Appalachia's darkest hollows.

Some people have not.

In HELLBENDER, Henry Collins' act of retribution forces his family to defend themselves from a rival clan, the vile Lewises. When Henry attempts to make things right, the world as he knows it begins to crumble. His car is vandalized, his house is burned to the ground and Alex, the girl he loves, begins suffering from strange spells that leave her disoriented and gasping for breath. To restore peace Henry chases the stench to its source and finds himself deep in a strange wilderness--an Appalachia that remembers mountain lions and Black Bibles. When Alex's condition deteriorates, Henry discovers that the curse and the feud sprout from the same bad seed. Together they endure abandoned mines, ancient superstition and a man as evil as the devil himself to put an end to the feud. But in order to get Alex back, Henry has to confront the horrible tragedy that brought him back to West Virginia in the first place.

Let Raw Dog Screaming Press author Jason Jack Miller take you to a place where love is forever even when death isn't, where magic doesn't have to be seen to be believed, where a song might be the only thing that saves your soul.

MURDER BALLADS AND WHISKEY is a unique, literary, blend of dark fiction, paranormal urban fantasy and horror. It's Appalachian Gothic, Alt.Magical.Realism, Hillbilly Horror. It's AMERICAN GODS meets JUSTIFIED. TRUE BLOOD with witches. It's Johnny Cash with a fistful of copperheads singing the devil right back to hell. HELLBENDER is book 2 in a series where love can save your soul, where a song can change your destiny, and where evil still hides in the dark corners of the night.
In 'Hellbender', Is He Speeding Away from Trouble? Or Toward It? By Catherine Ramsdell for POPMATTERS, 25 September 2012

Hellbender lives up to its billing and that’s no easy feat, considering how the last paragraph on the back cover reads: “Jason Jack Miller’s Murder Ballads and Whiskey series is a unique blend of dark fiction, urban fantasy and horror. It’s Appalachian Gothic, Alt.Magical.Realism, Hillbilly Horror. It’s American Gods meets Justified. True Blood with witches. It’s Johnny Cash with a fistful of copperheads singing the devil right back to hell.”

It all begins with a mysterious death and a feud.

The feud is pretty easy to define: Collins versus Lewis. Main character and narrator Henry Collins gives some background: “Growing up, I thought every family had an enemy who stole shit from their property, who burned barns down and raised the kind of hell that kept your parents up at night worrying.” The Lewises were, in short, “the only bogeymen I ever feared”.

The death is a little more complicated. Jane, Henry’s sister, is dead. But was it an accident or something more sinister? Henry doesn’t seem interested in finding out and walks away from his family and his home, wanting to escape the feud (and the magics) he doesn’t completely understand (or believe in). But, as Henry notes when he looks in his rearview mirror, “The mirror, as honest as it was, would never tell me if we were speeding away from trouble, or toward it.” In this case, trouble was all around.

Henry finds a somewhat unlikely alliance in Alex, a former (and now current) love interest who was also Jane’s roommate and is a Lewis relation. Together, they race through rural West Virginia in a quest for justice (or revenge). Along the way, a near-death rafting experience, several chase scenes, multiple beatings and shootings, a panicked creep through an abandoned coal mine, an allegedly stolen heirloom, and lots (and lots) of snakes and magic keep things
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006AHKFRU
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Raw Dog Screaming Press (20 gennaio 2014)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
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  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 234 pagine
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J. L. Gribble
5,0 su 5 stelle Not-so-urban fantasy
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 21 gennaio 2014
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Disclaimer: Jason Jack Miller is a friend of mine; he and I graduated from Seton Hill University together; and I have done volunteer work for the publisher, Raw Dog Screaming Press.

Additional note: I've read this series out of order, so I'm coming to HELLBENDER after already reading THE DEVIL AND PRESTON BLACK and THE REVELATIONS OF PRESTON BLACK. It is possible to read any of the three out of order, as long as you understand that you are missing a little bit of background if you read HELLBENDER or REVELATIONS first.

The progression from magical realism to not-so-urban fantasy in this book series has been fascinating to follow, especially since it's hardly a linear progression (even if you do read the books in order). This is not the place to look for standard genre fare. These are the books you go to for the truly unfamiliar and unexpected magic that happens to live right next door.

I've always been a big fan of the concept of books that take place in the same universe, with the same characters, but that aren't direct sequels. As much as I love Preston, it was awesome to see where Katy comes from in the form of a novel centered around her family. Despite his presence, Miller did not let Preston come even close to stealing the show: he was totally a douche in pretty much every HELLBENDER scene he was in, which was kind of fantastic.

However, much like Preston, Henry Collins is not a hero. He is a regular guy who found himself in unexpected circumstances and rose to the occasion. Sometimes he is a bit of an unreliable narrator, but that just enhances the idea that he's a real person and that there's a chance not everything will turn out alright in the end. Again, not standard genre fare, but something even better.
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Techno Hippy
5,0 su 5 stelle Horror at its finest
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 1 febbraio 2014
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I'll start this review by simply saying that this is a superb horror read, like most good horror tales this book is more than the genre label implies. The story concerns Henry Collins and starts with the burial of his sister, quite naturally he takes the death hard and moves away from his his family to find his own solace. Events bring him back and he learns more about his family's past and the truth about some of the family legends.

It's a story of love and discovery set in the Apalacian mountains and forests and of an old feud between two families. It's rare that I like everything about a book, but here are the tings that really stood out for me.

The first was the setting, more so it was how the author descibes the setting. In fact the authors command of language throughout is incredible, he has real talent and has a great turn of phrase. It's written in a style that immerses you in the world, not only of the physical location, but also for the people and culture that exists there.

Good writing might make a poor story acceptable, but for me story is king and here as well the author delivers. The mysteries of old beliefs seep into the story gently at first, becoming more entwined with the more prosaic reality as the story develops. The story is told through a strong lead character supported by a mix of family, freinds and enemies.

The pacing is also spot on, it evolves at a decent pace, interspersed with drama and revelation that kept me enthralled throughout. In summary this is an excellent read and highl;y recommended.
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Brian Ladner
4,0 su 5 stelle Very good read
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 13 aprile 2013
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I enjoyed this book very much. The mountain lifestyle made the book even more intriguing. If you like suspense, you need to read this book.
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Nevada Roadkill
5,0 su 5 stelle Hell Yes
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 6 luglio 2012
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Set deep in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, where blood feuds simmer on back country stoves and old hill magic is more deadly than the bite of a Copperhead. Hellbender is a glorious mix of modern day murder and ancient magic. Spells and hexes are just another weapon to be wielded in the long running war between the Collins and Lewis families.
Tight plotting and well drawn characters carry you along effortlessly through the twists and turns of a rollicking good tale; through impenetrable laurel hells and over bare mountain tops to the book's breathless and bloody conclusion.
Jason Jack Miller has a real feel for the country and people of which he writes. He paints his Appalachia with such captivating detail, that you can almost smell woodsmoke from the cooking fires and taste the burn of old Pap's stump whiskey.

Henry Collins doesn't believe in magic, but I do, Jason Jack Miller writes it!
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jam
3,0 su 5 stelle Writer has talent
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 30 agosto 2013
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Mr. Miller has a good grasp of using words to paint a picture. There were two things that I started to find annoying the more I read though. The first was how he would have the quotes of different characters speaking all within a single paragraph, and not identifying the speaker. While at times, you could figure out who said what, there were times when I ended up just guessing. After awhile, it became tiresome to spend time just trying to figure out who was speaking. Separate paragraphs for each speaker would have been a lot easier reading. While I complemented Mr. Miller on his talent with words, I felt as time went on, he started to overdo his descriptions. Walking through the woods and describing every foot of the way had me skipping over pages after awhile. I found the plot compelling, but tiresome to wade through some of the depiction.
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