Carved from Stone and Dream: A Los Nefilim Novel
In 1939, the Spanish Civil War is raging. The Los Nefilim is in retreat, heading across the Pyrenees Mountains to a safe haven in France. The Los Nefilim possess the power to harness music and light in the supernatural war between the daemons and the angels. Diago Alvarez, whose mother was an angel and his father a daemon, is leading the retreat with those who are mortals. Along the way, a notebook listing the spy network is stolen and must be retrieved by Diago and his King of the Nefilim, Don Guillermo Ramirez. Ramirez guards the Republican government elected by the mortals.
Ramirez’s brother, Jordi Abello, has united the Falangists and the Carlists under the Nationalist banner that forms a single army under Franco’s leadership. He has been sent to assassinate his brother and wants dominion over the mortals and the Nefilim.
This supernatural novel (second in a series) “blends fantasy and pre-WWII history” with excellent writing, is professionally researched with exciting events in each chapter, and provides a fast-paced drama that engages the reader from start to finish. I must admit, it took me a while to grasp the meaning of the terminology used to explain the various fantasy words such as “glyphs,” “sigils,” and the “nefils” technique that are used throughout the story. It probably would have helped to read Book 1, Where Oblivion Lives, first. Nevertheless, if fantasy is your cup of tea, you may enjoy this well-written novel.
