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Title: Daemons Are Forever
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Author: Simon R. Green
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• Posted on 2009-10-02
  Eddie saves the word - again.
  
  From time immemorial, the powerful Drood family has worked behind the scenes, saving the world from every imaginable threat. Until, centuries past, an alien entity corrupted the family's governing body. Since then, their agenda has been ruling the world. When field agent Eddie Drood is declared rogue, he discovers the family's corrupt secret, destroys the Heart and takes control. (The Man with the Golden Torc.)
  
  In Daemons are Forever, Eddie Drood is not a popular man. He is resented by some, hated by others, and does not know who to trust within his own family. What is more, when he destroyed the Heart, the Droods lost their golden armor, and now the powers of the world think they have a chance to bring the family down. Only Eddie has armor, this time silver, given to him by the strange matter that replaced the Heart. He decides to show the world that the Drood family is still a force to be reckoned with and targets the Loathly Ones, alien creatures who can infect and eventually take over both human beings and animals.
  
  The Droods, who are responsible for bringing the Loathly Ones to Earth in the first place, do not see them as a significant threat, Eddie included. But although his army destroys the Loathly Ones' nest it does so with much loss of life, and he learns that this is just the tip of the ice-burg. The Loathly Ones are working to bring the Hungry Gods to Earth from their own dimension, and when that happens they will destroy the world.
  
  Eddie, as the narrator, shares his doubts and disappointments, both his own and with his family. He needs their help, but refuses to compromise his decision to return them to honor and decency. Eddie has always believed that "family comes first," but his resolve is tested when his love, Molly Metcalf, is infected by the Loathly Ones, and Eddie realizes that she is more important to him than family.
  
  Characters from the first book return and new ones are introduced; we see a different side to some, and lose others. Some reviewers do not like the introduction of characters from Green's Nightside and Deathstalker series', but I think they fit the plot, in which Eddie travels to the past and future, and to other worlds, in search of help.
  
  "Daemons are Forever," is chockfull of battles, duels, blood and gore, mayhem, heroics, sacrifice, magic and alien technology, well-defined characters, and a dab of British humor; narrated with Green's trademark rapid-fire style and wit. Will Eddie triumph in the end? How could he not?
  
  
  
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• Posted on 2009-07-12
  Not Your Nightside
  
  As a fan of Green's NightSide series, this series is a big disappointment. I have been trying to narrow one critical comparison and finally come to this: the relationship between John Taylor and Susie Shooter (Nightside) is compelling because the characters are flawed, damaged superheroes worthy of a multi-book series. Eddie and Molly, IMHO, seem pulled straight from all the bad SF bodice rippers. The only construct that could make me purchase book 3 is if Green turned Molly (who is a witch - don't get me started) into a toad. If that sentence seems silly and implausible for a SF book, so will the series.
  
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• Posted on 2009-07-02
  Feels too familiar and thin
  
  While I realize nobody reading Simon Green's books is looking for great literature, the one-dimensional quality of the characters in Demons are Forever grew tedious. None of the characters has any depth; you figure out what they are early on and they never surprise you. And they all feel like they come from the same molds as the Nightside crew.
  I also object to the gratuitous introduction of a Deathstalker character. It was unnecessary and bodes poorly for future cross-series incursions. In my opinion this is a clear indication the series has "jumped the shark."
  
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• Posted on 2009-04-19
  Not as good as the first book
  
  I stumbed across the first book (Man with the Golden Torc), and was pleasant surprised. It was filled cover to cover with hundreds of interesting characters, locations, and a really fun adventure story. I become an instant fan of Simon Green, and have since read many of his Nightside books.
  
  As for this book, well, I hate to say it, but it's not nearly as good as the Golden Torc. There are very few new characters introduced, the story is rather weak and wanders quite a bit, and worst of all is it's a little boring. When reading it, I honestly felt like some of his characters were even growing bored. Gone is the fascinating repertoire that Green showed in his first book. In it's place is a rather slow moving and unimaginative story. Believe me, I wanted it to be better, but I just can't give this one the thumbs up.
  
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• Posted on 2009-02-02
  Fabulous Green fare
  
  Just can't seem to get enough of Green, and here is another example of the best of British wit and talent. This book was a treat from the get-go, and I couldn't read it fast enough. Witty dialogue, scary battles, and delicious descriptions of otherworldly places and alien entities.
  Can't wait to read the next installment.
  
  
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