[De la Roca Chronicles 01] • Hunting in Hell

Praise For The De la Roca Chronicles

"... Action packed fantasy adventure with a strong female antihero..."

-D. L. MORRESE,

Author of The Warden Threat

"... just the right pacing ... The way this author, Violante, describes new worlds and planes is brilliant..."

- TERRA HARMONY,

Author of The Akasha Series

"Gritty, imaginative and entertaining ... reminiscent of King's Gunslinger ... foreign, alien and fantastic..."

- M. PAX

Author of Semper Fidelis

"Compelling and well-written ... a great read..."

- CHARLES M. PULSIPHER

Author of The Crystal Bridge

" ... I was hooked from the start ... so luminous, I can only think that she paints pictures in her head as she writes."

- MICHAEL OFFUTT

Author of Slipstream

Fans of the mercenary De la Roca can now enjoy HUNTING IN HELL, a two-book volume that includes both HUNTING THE FIVE and HONOR IN HELL. Follow the demon mercenary from the American Southwest to Hell - and back.

PART ONE: HUNTING THE FIVE

It's a side of the southwest never glimpsed by mortal man - a heartless, barren outback riddled with ruthless demons. In its ignorance, humanity is powerless to stop these escapees from Hell and the havoc they create with their dark magic. Good thing De la Roca isn't human. A gunslinger with no memories of her previous life, she has fought for the last three hundred years on the forefront of a supernatural war, relying only on her wits, her reflexes, and her own demonic powers - all to pay for her own release from Hell. The Angels wouldn't send her in alone and unarmed, though; Alsvior, her gifted - if contrary - steed, and Bluot, a legendary revolver with an unquenchable blood-lust, have been with her every step of the way - alone with a series of terrible nightmares that might hold the keys to her past. Then, an Angel appears with a bargain that seems to good to be true - five final targets, and she is free from her penance. Quickly, she discovers that her old methods are not up to the task, and she's forced to team up with a mysterious gatekeeper and another mercenary - both of which need her for their own plans. With time running out, she has to figure out who to trust and who to kill, and fast, before she's demon-food.

PART TWO: HONOR IN HELL

Can anyone be trusted? Betrayed by both Laufeyson and the Mademoiselle, and sent on a quest by an angel that might actually be her enemy, the demon mercenary De la Roca bolts into Hell with murder in her heart. Her simple mission for revenge quickly spirals out of control. Between the Consortium of power-hungry angels, the serpentine Oracle, a strangely absent God, and the knowledge that her mount just happens to be a man under a curse, just about everyone around her has a secret - and most of them are trying to get her killed. Unless, of course, she can kill them first.