Offspring

by Liam Jackson

Thomas Dunne Books, 290 pp, $24.95.

Offspring is the first book of a proposed Offspring Trilogy.

Sam Conner has always had a closer than usual relationship with his guardian angel. Now that the world has gone to Hell in a handbasket, with grisly abductions, killings, and epic crime waves, Sam knows he is supposed to do something. But what can a fourteen-year-old boy do? His guardian Angel tells him to go to a small town in Tennessee. He will be told as he goes, and, oh- yes there are forces out to kill him, so now is a good time to leave. He goes. And behind him are nearly omnipotent enemies as well as three others he must join with to prevent the veil being torn completely and let in the really bad guys. The only guys that can stop them are the bastard offspring of angels that mated with regular people. The saviors have never met and are in for real trouble. Well… who said that world saving was easy?

Offspring is classic thriller with a good versus evil plot. Angels VS Demons in an intense violent and suspenseful chiller that is hard to put down It’s a keeper. - Pam Allan