Ten reasons why Wrage is all the rage
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Ten reasons why Wrage
is all the rage
Wrage is my second novel in the Sons of Darkness Series and
picks up where my debut novel Grim left off. Though readers of Grim will easily
recognize everything going on in Wrage, I think they will find that Wrage is
quite different. I took feedback from what people liked and disliked in Grim
and tried to give my readers what they want. Without further ado, here are some
inside spoilers on what to expect when you pick up your copy of Wrage.
1. Names have
been changed
I don’t want to give Grim away, but without saying too much
Wrage follows a different set of viewpoint characters. Role players in Grim –
Anna Duke, Jeff Wrage, Christopher Sinks – take center stage. Anna becomes the
main detective after what happened to Adam White. Jeff Wrage doesn’t heed Heath
Grim’s warning about seeking vengeance and strikes out to avenge his wife.
Christopher Sinks finds his whole world is in jeopardy because journalist
Chelsea Campbell survived Grim.
2. It’s a Woman’s
World
Though women played a vital part of Grim, men carried out
most of the action. Wrage features several strong women at the heart of the
action. Readers are introduced to Anna Duke’s tragic story which will be a
continuing storyline. The Black crime family enlists a gypsy witch Johanna
Chrebunskaya to do their bidding.
3. New dog
leads the old guard
In Grim, the Marino family holds no power and no hope of
reclaiming their reign of terror because of Cyrus Black’s stranglehold on
organized crime. In Wrage, the Marino heir begins his climb to bring his family
back to the top of the criminal underworld.
4. Answers from
On High
Grim spotlighted Abaddon and a cast of ghostly murder
victims in Heath Grim’s dealings with the supernatural realm. Jeff Wrage fights
with himself about the morality of his vengeful plot, and he’ll be visited by
Archangel Michael to try to get him back on the right path.
5. Don’t fear
the Reaper
Anna Duke finds out there is more to a new flame than meets
than eye. When she discovers his secret,
she’ll learn more about her own mysterious past.
6. Shades of
Gray
During the course of her investigation, Anna receives
counsel from an enigmatic advisor from the supernatural realm. She wonders
whether this entity, a loose collection of wandering souls called a Shade, used
to be someone she once knew. She’s also left wondering whether to trust this
mystical creature.
7. Deal or no
deal?
Jeff Wrage isn’t the only one who makes a deal he may
regret. Eager to crush his enemies, the new leader of the Black crime family
strikes a deal with a demon to root out a traitor in his regime. Christopher
Sinks also reaches his breaking point when the mob threatens his son, and he
seeks help from the supernatural world.
8. Street War Z
Desperate to strengthen his numbers in the coming mob turf
war, Orlando Marino unleashes a drug on Prairieville which forces his
unsuspecting victims to do his bidding.
9. Undying love
When he’s contacted by his wife from beyond the grave, Jeff
Wrage wonders whether he could find love again and whether his conscience would
allow him to find happiness with a new love he’s trying to protect from an old
enemy.
10. Malice
rising
Prairieville’s controversial prodigal son finds himself
thrust in the middle of a coming war in both the human and supernatural realms.
A rock legend everyone loves to hate, Malice Madsen must make a terrible choice
which could result in deadly repercussions
About theAuthor:
As
a boy, Joseph Spencer immersed himself in the deductive logic of Sherlock
Holmes, the heroic crime fighting of Batman and Spider-Man, and a taste for the
tragic with dramas from poets like Shakespeare and Homer.
Before
Joseph took to spinning his own tales, he pursued a career in print sports
journalism, graduating summa cum laude from Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale. He covered such events as NASCAR’s Subway 500 race in Martinsville, the NBA Draft Camp in
Chicago, the Junior College World Series, and Minor League Baseball’s Midwest
League All-Star Game during a ten-year career throughout the Midwest. Now, he works as an
emergency telecommunications specialist with an Illinois police department. The
combination of years of writing experience with a background working with law
enforcement professionals gave rise to his writing aspirations.
Joseph
was married to Dr. Amy (Waggoner) Spencer, an accomplished veterinary doctor,
on March 14, 2012. He received word his
debut novel was accepted by his publisher, Damnation Books, the next day.
Joseph is hard at work on the rest of the series. Book 2 – Wrage
– was released June 1, 2013. The Spencer family enjoys reading Charlaine
Harris, George R.R. Martin, Mary Janice Davidson, and most paranormal stories.
The Spencers also enjoy quoting movie lines from “The Princess Bride”, “Rain
Man”, “Bridesmaids”, and “Office Space.”
Visit
his website at www.JosephBSpencer.com.
About the Book:
Sometimes
the toughest fight lies within yourself.
As
more dark secrets come to light, the battle for souls pushes Prairieville to
the brink of war in the living and supernatural realms.
Jeff
Wrage swears a blood oath to Abaddon, the supernatural avenger of murder
victims, to hunt the crooked cop who butchered his wife. Jeff wonders whether
he can be the executioner Abaddon requires. Their pact throws the supernatural
realm in chaos and threatens to trigger an apocalyptic fight for control of the
afterlife between the Sons of Darkness and Sons of Light foretold in the Dead
Sea Scrolls.
Orlando
Marino sees the death of Cyrus Black as his opportunity to restore the Marino
family's stronghold in Prairieville’s organized crime scene and become a mob
kingpin. He unleashes a plague, turning its victims into mindless followers.
Cyrus' heir is busy rooting out a traitor and is unable to stop the coming turf
war in the realm of man.
The
fate of all rests with Homicide Detective Anna Duke, who steps into the shoes
of her mentor while coming to terms with unrequited love. As she tries to clear
the fallen hero's name, she takes on a case where corpses go missing. Her new
partner is reported dead. She learns the truth about her true identity and
uncovers a trail of secrets questioning her tragic past. She journeys to avert
the destruction of all creation.
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