
The Atrocity Engine
Custodians of the Cosmos, Book 1
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Joe Hempel
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Tim Waggoner
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Men in Black meets Hellraiser in this rollicking mash-up of urban fantasy and cosmic horror from four-time Bram Stoker Award-Winning author Tim Waggoner.
Creatures from dark dimensions infesting your home? Demonic beings trying to drive you insane? Alien gods attempting to destroy your universe?
Just call Maintenance.
This underpaid and overworked secret organization is dedicated to battling forces that seek to speed up Entropy and hasten the Omniverse’s inevitable death.
Neal Hudson is a twenty-year veteran of Maintenance. A surveyor who drives through the streets of Ash Creek, Ohio constantly scanning for the deadly energy known as Corruption. Since the death of his previous partner, Neal prefers to work alone, and he’s not happy when he’s assigned to mentor a rookie.
But they better learn to get along fast.
The Multitude, a group of godlike beings who seek to increase Entropy at every opportunity, are creating an Atrocity Engine. This foul magical device can destroy the Earth, and they don’t care how many innocent lives it takes to build it. (Spoiler alert: It’s a lot!)
Just another day on the job...
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So yeah if you like dark fantasy you won't want to miss this action-driven story by Tim Waggoner and narrated to us by Joe Hemphil.
If you like dark fantasy this is the book for you!
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Again to the cover: Those are people falling from a monstrous creation of Corruption, and our heroes are a unit of police not quite like what we're used to on Earth.
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Outstanding story of Detectives vs Cosmic Horror
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There are aspects of the story I just had to roll with. It was the creative direction and lead into meat for the story and different flavor dynamics for the characters. I would have gone a different direction on roles and responsibilities of the company though… some aspects of surveyors just doesn’t make sense.
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The story had humor, emotion, and omg disgusting moments. I loved taking the journey.
Don’t take this book seriously, roll with it and you’ll have an entertaining experience.
Creative Approach and Entertaining
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The story is fantastic.
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made work sufferable
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Painful and too Grim
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I would love to see more adventures of the maintenance team!!
More please!
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A series of a duo who fight supernatuural events.
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A decent listen.
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