Darkest Hour (Age of Misrule, Book 2)

This is a great book. It had me hooked by page 30. I really love the Urban Fantasy genre and this is a great representative of it. The plot is great, the main characters are believable and interesting, and the Celtic mythology is fascinating. This is the first book I have read by this author, but it won't be the last.

As the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons make their way through the changed world, they continue to face many trying hardships and few times of peace. But as we have been told a million times throughout our lives, you can't have the sweet without the sour. They continue to grow together through their difficulties with love, loss, and just living day to day. I am thoroughly enjoying these books. They are not the easy reads that I am accustomed to lately, but I can't seem to put them down. The mix of new and old ideals is intriguing and piques the imagination.

The Eternal Conflict cold war turns hot when The Brothers and Sisters of Dragons successfully engage the Tuatha De Danann ancient Gods to return to save humanity from the onslaught of the evil Fomorii demons. However, mortals should have known by now that Gods even those golden angelic ones do not think the way humans do. Instead, the Tuatha De Danann plan to rule as they did eons ago with an iron fist. Stunned by what they perceive as a betrayal and caught between two superpowers battling over whose future will prevail for humanity, the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons struggle to save mankind. Advanced weapon systems have proven futile and feeling like expendable pawns and out maneuvered by the side they thought they could trust, the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons turn in their DARKEST HOUR within as they decide to take the hostility to the Fomorii without the help of the ancient Gods. Although victory is improbable, if somehow they succeed, they know next comes ridding the devastated planet of the ancient Celtic Gods who demand obsequiousness. The second Age of Misrule urban fantasy (see WORLD'S END) is a great middle book as the action never slows down while also setting up one hell of a finish. The story line focuses on the revelation by the dragon warriors that they succeeded in their endeavor to bring allies on a power par with their enemies; only these allies think differently as they are used to mankind bowing to them in deference. Readers will appreciate Mark Chadbourn's fine thriller as the lights are gone in planet earth with the last glimmer of hope being Dragons like Church, Ruth, Ryan, Laura and Shavi, and the enigmatic time traveler Tom. Harriet Klausner

A multi-sided political struggle develops. Humans, the Tuatha De Danaan, and the Fomorii. These are all basically opposed to each other, but the Dragon sibling group seeks an alliance with sympathetic Tuatha to help them do something about the problems that beset them. The problem they have is that some of the others are quite nihilistic, or don't really want to do anything. God psychology can be tricky.