Happy New Year Everyone! I'm starting the New Year's off right with a fantabulous book series to share with you all. It is the Kara Gillian series by Diana Rowland, the first book in the series is Mark of the Demon. The book is a urban fantasy series with tons of mystery and a little romance. The first book in the series follows Detective Kara Gillian being promoted to being a homicide detective. She's 29, lives in New Orleans, both parents deceased and was raised by her quirky aunt, she's a loner, and she's also a pretty kick ass demon summoner. Her first assignment is to solve a series of murders that have been unsolved for decades, because the killer is striking again, leaving a number of bodies in his wake. The serial killer is known as the Symbol Man, and what's so unique about the cases is that each and every body has an arcane trace on them leading Kara to realize that this murder also has something to do with demons. Add that to the fact that the FBI has a secret supernatural task force that's also been assigned to assisting her on the case.
During one of her routine summonings, she accidentally summons the demon lord Rhyzkahl, the highest and most deadliest of the demons. As Kara scrambles, the demon lord threatens her, but in a flash changing his mind to kill her, and instead sleeps with her and establishes a link between him and Kara, with her unknowingly. Since her aunt is also a demon summoner, she's trained Kara in everything arcane, so Kara seeks help from her aunt after the summoning. Kara's aunt has not versed Kara in her family history of summoners, so Kara is in the dark about a lot of things and doesn't even know it. Kara also is attracted to the FBI agent Ryan Kristoff who happens to have some arcane abilities in him, but doesn't know it himself, therefore can see aracane traces same as what Kara see's when investigating the bodies. Kara also entrusts him with her secret of being a summoner.
As they get close to who the Symbol Man actually is, they realize Kara is being goaded and that the Symbol Man is a summoner himself, trying to sense how strong a summoner Kara is. The story is intriguing and the killer is someone you would never suspect. The back drop of New Orleans is great and adds the effect of the paranormal element of the story. The characters are well developed and have great depth. The series would be a wonderful show. I could see it on the Syfy channel or the CW Network. It has potential to be a great detective show along the ranks with the Supernatual except on the right side of the law. There's excitement in it, and leaves you anticipating on what will happen next. So if you're reading this, definitely help me create a buzz for this series so it can get optioned and put into work. It is something different and there's no show out there like it! And many many blessings to you all in 2017!!!!!!!!!
Cast
Kara Gillian- Jessica Biel
Ryan Kristoff- Jason Lewis
Rhyzkhal- Alexander Skarsgard
During one of her routine summonings, she accidentally summons the demon lord Rhyzkahl, the highest and most deadliest of the demons. As Kara scrambles, the demon lord threatens her, but in a flash changing his mind to kill her, and instead sleeps with her and establishes a link between him and Kara, with her unknowingly. Since her aunt is also a demon summoner, she's trained Kara in everything arcane, so Kara seeks help from her aunt after the summoning. Kara's aunt has not versed Kara in her family history of summoners, so Kara is in the dark about a lot of things and doesn't even know it. Kara also is attracted to the FBI agent Ryan Kristoff who happens to have some arcane abilities in him, but doesn't know it himself, therefore can see aracane traces same as what Kara see's when investigating the bodies. Kara also entrusts him with her secret of being a summoner.
As they get close to who the Symbol Man actually is, they realize Kara is being goaded and that the Symbol Man is a summoner himself, trying to sense how strong a summoner Kara is. The story is intriguing and the killer is someone you would never suspect. The back drop of New Orleans is great and adds the effect of the paranormal element of the story. The characters are well developed and have great depth. The series would be a wonderful show. I could see it on the Syfy channel or the CW Network. It has potential to be a great detective show along the ranks with the Supernatual except on the right side of the law. There's excitement in it, and leaves you anticipating on what will happen next. So if you're reading this, definitely help me create a buzz for this series so it can get optioned and put into work. It is something different and there's no show out there like it! And many many blessings to you all in 2017!!!!!!!!!
Cast
Kara Gillian- Jessica Biel
Ryan Kristoff- Jason Lewis
Rhyzkhal- Alexander Skarsgard
