The Demon - The Longest Day - Book 2

 

In this installment, we learn the atrocities that the Demon has committed, which has been blocked from Jason Blood's mind for a thousand years so that he wouldn't go mad. Merlin (yes, that Merlin), who merged these two in the first place, has returned and brought Blood's memories back, which does nearly cause him his sanity. Of course, these memories literally come back to haunt him as the story continues.

Blood has also sired a human baby with his (human) girlfriend, but simultaneously, the Demon has sired a son with another demon and wants to merge those two souls, like he and Blood are merged. Everyone joins in this fight and there are many twists'n'turns and the souls of those murdered by the Demon come back to keep Blood from winning, but the unexpected, of course, occurs.

Blood eventually does manage to extricate himself from Etrigan, although the Demon is not happy about the situation. He mopes in Hell until the Heavenly Hosts themselves invade, which leads to an all out war, hence the book's title. Lots more unexpected trials'n'tribulations until the entire book has come down to a adolescent pun on one of the other demons' name.

This is definitely an improvement on book one, but it still is not a fave with me, even considering my blasphemous tendencies. Not bad, by any means, but certainly not the best by this team.