Carved from Stone and Dream
A Los Nefilim Novel
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
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Publisher Description
“Frohock has intricately woven a unique reinterpretation of history. Eloquent prose accompanies a lyrical theme amid prewar tensions, enriching this imaginative historical fantasy.” -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
In this sequel to Where Oblivion Lives, the first entry in the Los Nefilim series set during the Spanish Civil War, a coded notebook containing the identities of Los Nefilim’s spies falls into enemy hands, and Diago is faced with an impossible choice: betray Los Nefilim or save his family.
February 1939
Catalonia has fallen. Los Nefilim is in retreat.
With the Nationalist forces hard on their heels, the members of Los Nefilim—Spanish Nephilim that possess the power to harness music and light in the supernatural war between the angels and daimons—make a desperate run for the French border.
Diago Alvarez, a singular being of angelic and daimonic descent, follows Guillermo and a small group of nefilim through the Pyrenees, where the ice is as treacherous as postwar loyalties—both can kill with a single slip. When a notebook of Los Nefilim’s undercover operatives falls into a traitor’s hands, Diago and Guillermo risk their lives to track it down. As they uncover a pocket realm deep within the Pyrenees, Diago discovers his family is held hostage.
Faced with an impossible choice: betray Los Nefilim, or watch his family die, Diago must nurture the daimonic song he has so long denied in order to save those he loves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Frohock seamlessly blends fantasy and WWII history into a heart-wrenching story of war in the action-packed second Los Nefilim novel. Seven years have passed since the events of Where Oblivion Lives: Spain is under Franco's control, and Los Nefilim, a group of powerful Spanish immortals led by Guillermo Ram rez, have fled to Paris. Now, Guillermo and Diago, a unique nefilim of both angelic and demonic descent, are on the run from Guillermo's traitorous brother, Jordi. When they accidentally stumble into a realm controlled by Jordi and where Diago's son and husband are secretly held captive they learn that Jordi has been working with both Franco's regime and the German nefilim, who plan to invade France. To stop him, Guillermo and Diago have to find their way back to their own dimension. Frohock raises the stakes in the battle between angels and demons by entwining their celestial warfare with the simmering human conflict, and the wildly imaginative plotlines are balanced by intimate family struggles as Frohock works toward an explosive ending. Series fans and new readers alike will be enthralled.
