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I let it go—all of it. Everything I’d been saving up all my life, building and growing inside me, too much to hold in one half-human body. It pushed and fought to be free with a force that turned me into a bomb with a timer vibrating on zero. I was free. But so was everything I’d fought so hard not to be… Brothers Cal and Niko Leandros know trouble when they see it—and then proceed to wipe the floor with it. But now it seems their whole world is falling to pieces. Cal’s nightmarish monster side is growing ever stronger, changing Cal physically as well as mentally. Which is exactly what Grimm—Cal’s savage doppelgänger—wants. And when a covert supernatural organization decides that it’s time to put Cal down before he threatens pretty much everything else in existence, the brothers find themselves in a fight they actually might lose. But the dark temptations Cal has denied all his life may prove to be exactly what can save them. Even if he must fall forever…
Publication Year: 2014
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It is such a refreshing feeling to encounter a new spin on an old device, and Rob Thurman's DOWNFALL gives that rush from start to finish. From the opening scene of doom, to the flashback that traces Cal and Niko's path to that final confrontation, Thurman gives us both Cal and Robin Goodfellow in alternating perspectives. It's no deus ex that saves the day, and yet even with hints of machinations and plans, there's still no clear path to safety. With the deck stacked so high against Cal, it is a welcome joy to see Robin, unfettered in all his ancient, powerful, sex positive and egomaniacal glory, striving so valiantly to keep his friends alive. Even with his help, however, there's no guarantees. A game changer with fascinating implications for the future, DOWNFALL is a book no Leandros fan should miss.
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Sexual Content: References to sex.