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Talon of God

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The acclaimed actor makes his fiction debut with this enthralling urban fantasy in which a holy warrior must convince a doctor with no faith to help stop a powerful demon and his minions from succeeding in creating hell on earth—a thrilling adventure of science and faith, good and evil, damnation and salvation.

Imagine that everyone you have ever known or loved was forced against their will into a state of demonic possession and spiritual slavery. Imagine an unholy cabal of the world's richest and most powerful men directing this sinister plan in order to cement their unbridled control of the planet.

Imagine two heroes emerging from that darkness to do battle with the forces of evil.

Set in the mean streets of Chicago, Talon of God is the action-packed adventure centered around the Lauryn Jefferson, a beautiful young doctor who is dragged into a seemingly impossible battle against the invisible forces of Satan's army and their human agents that are bent on enslaving humanity in a mission to establish the kingdom of hell on Earth.

But Lauryn is a skeptic, and it's only as she sees a diabolical drug sweep her city and begins to train in the ways of a spirit warrior by the legendary man of God, Talon Hunter, that she discovers her true nature and inner strength. Facing dangerous trials and tests, it's a true baptism by fire. And if they fail, millions could die. And rivers of blood would flow throughout the land.

Imagine such horror. Such pain. And imagine what it would take to fight against it. For only the strongest and most faithful will survive?

Get ready. Armageddon approaches quickly.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 8, 2017
      In this theological urban fantasy, a young ER physician in Chicago must add faith to reason to prevent all hell from breaking loose. Lauryn Jefferson, daughter of a Baptist minister, chooses to practice medicine rather than preach. When a new drug laced with sulfur turns her patients into demonic monsters, her savior is Talon, a sword-wielding soldier of God astride a motorcycle. As her ex, a Chicago cop, battles the cartel responsible for the demon drug, Lauryn has to redeem first her younger brother and then the rest of Chicago from their personal devils. Debut novelists Snipes (star of the Blade vampire hunter film trilogy) and Norman bring a cinematic flair to the proceedings (including a “giant flying hell fortress”). The overall tone of the book is fundamentalist, but the authors broaden their audience by discreetly avoiding both explicit violence and thorny cultural issues; they do explicitly disparage the subjugation of women as being based on a misinterpretation of the Bible, but no one remarks on African-American Lauryn’s relationship with a white police officer. The dialogue turns a bit Sunday school (“Fear is the devil’s rope, and he will tie you down if you let him”), but the embrace of mercy and forgiveness towards one’s enemies is a welcome act of faith in what otherwise could have been Blade with a Bible.

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2017

      In this debut for famed actor Snipes, the rich and powerful are intent on forcing everyone else into a state of demonic possession and then really ruling the world. But Dr. Lauryn Jefferson, intent on resisting, gets training as a spirit warrior from Talon Hunter, a legendary man of God. With a 150,000-copy first printing.

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    • Library Journal

      Starred review from June 15, 2017

      Dr. Lauryn Jefferson is a skeptic, believing only in science, until a former patient becomes demonically possessed. Then she meets Talon Hunter, a man of God, who aims to train her as a spiritual warrior despite her doubts. A new drug available on the streets is turning its users into slaves for Satan's army. After discovering a sinister plot, supported by the world's most powerful men, to establish a kingdom of Hell on Earth, Lauryn has no choice but to find her faith. VERDICT This urban fantasy debut by actor Snipes (Blade; Passenger 57) and coauthor Normans (WorldVision International) is an exciting, fast-paced, religious thriller that will draw in even the most cynical reader with its mash-up of science and faith. Fans of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden and Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim will enjoy. [See Prepub Alert, 2/6/17.]--KC

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    • Library Journal

      May 15, 2017

      As a man of God, spirit warrior Talon Hunter strives to keep a balance against evil forces. Dr. Lauryn Jefferson is a skeptic, until a heinous drug infects her city and places her on the path to help Talon battle the forces trying to unleash Armageddon. Actor Snipes's action-filled debut with ghostwriter Norman is sure to be as hot as the summer sun.

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Kirkus

      May 15, 2017
      A young doctor in Chicago is drawn into a war between heaven and hell, and her destiny lies in the balance.The action in this urban fantasy novel is as cinematic as one would expect from movie star Snipes and co-author Norman. Our heroine is Lauryn Jefferson, the daughter of local minister Maxwell Jefferson and now a dedicated young doctor at Chicago's Mercy Hospital, where one night she's attacked by a troubled veteran who's clearly at the mercy of a supernatural being. Lauryn is saved by the enigmatic Talon Hunter, a Bible-quoting, sword-wielding warrior straight from the pages of a fantasy novel. Also floating around is Will Tannenbaum, a surly vice cop and Lauryn's ex-boyfriend. Will works for a corrupt police chief, Victor Korigan, who is himself the lackey of a shadowy billionaire, Christopher St. Luke. St. Luke's evil scheme is to use a powerful new drug additive, E3X, to prepare the city's addicts for demonic possession and finally to doom the city. Eventually, Talon reveals that he's a member of an ancient sect, the Soldiers of El Elyon, chosen by God to do his will on Earth. It's real fire-and-brimstone stuff, complete with angels and demons, but the authors keep the action lively, and Lauryn makes for a likable, believable hero even in the wake of all the occult conspiracy stuff. A subplot involving Lauryn's rapper brother, Robbie, injects some of the bravado Snipes showed in New Jack City. Readers who dig this sort of thing will appreciate its natural segue into a sequel likely to find Lauryn working as Talon's protege. Cue the training montage. An entertaining thriller with enough swordplay, religious prophecy, and demonic threats to entertain readers across lots of different genres.

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