James Stark is back in town, and he's pissed. Eleven years ago, Stark’s magician ‘friends’ turned against him and sent him to Hell, where Stark spent all of that time battling demons in an arena. Oddly, each time he got torn apart or nearly died, he got better and became more powerful in the process. After achieving a position of respect as an assassin for demons, Stark goes on the lam, stealing a bunch of powerful artefacts, including a key that allows him to move between dimensions, and returns to LA where he goes on a revenge spree for the people that hurt him eleven years ago, and murdered his girlfriend. The book has a strong start. Stark's got a clear goal, and it was fun to see him deal with his first enemy, now a washed-up magician running a crappy video store, while trying to figure out how to get to his arch-enemy Mason. Stark has a strong, straightforward, brutal personality. He'd rather beat up someone than do a deal, or doesn't think too hard about the consequences of his…
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