Iron angel

Book Two of the Deepgate Codex, ahhhh......more angels and the relationship to each other becomes clearer, Ayen Goddess of Heaven warred with Iril, resulting in his shattered body thrown to earth and landed in Hell, Iril wasn't alone when he challenged Ayen, he was accompanied by his sons, most notable among them, Rhys, Cospinol, Ulcis, Hasp and others, each god coming out of the war lessened in power.

Book 2 was about the remaining Gods plight after challenging and losing to Ayen, their machinations to get back their lost powers, also here we see the new heir to the throne of hell Menoa, his plans, and his overwhelming victory against the shattered gods, further stories of Dill, Rachel and some new characters namely John Anchor, Cospinol's champion, the capture of carnival, who killed his own father Ulcis.......a thaumaturge by the name of Mina Greene, An engineer of the king of hell, Harper, and my new favorite character, the youngest of the gods, Hasp.

Again, the relationship between characters was as muddled as the first book, but the story Was'nt as slow , now I'm really eager to read the last book.......where's Devon????

Last year I read Scar Night, the first in this trilogy. The main characters of Dill (the angel) and Rachel Hael (the un-tempered Spine assassin) are back. Briefly we meet up with Carnival as well. But this book expands on the world surrounding Deepgate and the whole mythology surrounding the archons (angel warriors) and the demigods. There are new characters like Hasp, who befriends Dill in Hell. And Alice Harper who regrettably finds herself acting as an agent of Menoa, Hell's de facto ruler. Other gods come into play including Cospinol, the god of brine and fog. And Cospinol's number two man, a giant named John Anchor (who is a really cool character). But the story is not as cohesive as Scar Night's story. There is much going on and much strangeness. It's a bit confusing in the first half but starts coming together more in the latter half. All in all, I'm a big fan of this trilogy so far. The story is endlessly inventive, gothic, and weird. I'm looking forward to the concluding book in the trilogy, God of Clocks, which is due this summer.