Does anyone know of any books where this is the case?
I think Ive just dreamed up my first urban fantasy WIP. Its called Redeemer.
I think Ive just dreamed up my first urban fantasy WIP. Its called Redeemer.
MC serves the Devil?
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Oh, hell, Damned and Good Omens, just off the top of my head.
There are countless more.
That said, if it works, it works.
There are countless more.
That said, if it works, it works.
I suppose you can tell Im not very well read... hahaha
Thanks! Are those two books you would recommend?
Thanks! Are those two books you would recommend?
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Lilith St. Crow's Dante Valentine series is like that--heck, the first book is titled Working for the Devil.
Also, Jackie Kessler's Hell's Belles--the protagonist is a succubus, a demon, and therefore serves the Devil. I forget what the series is called. She's a member here.
Also, Jackie Kessler's Hell's Belles--the protagonist is a succubus, a demon, and therefore serves the Devil. I forget what the series is called. She's a member here.
"Hell on Earth" is, I believe, what the series is called. Love those books.
Titan Orion - just because a concept has been done doesn't meant you can't put your own unique spin on it. If this idea grabs your attention, go ahead and write it.
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There's a ton out there, but don't let that stop you.
"Serial killer terrorizes family."
Just as a vague topic, but it's been done countless times before - but somehow you don't see *grumble grumble* Dean Koontz stop making boatloads of money off it.
"Serial killer terrorizes family."
Just as a vague topic, but it's been done countless times before - but somehow you don't see *grumble grumble* Dean Koontz stop making boatloads of money off it.
Different media but things like Ghost Rider and the TV series Reaper.
Don't worry about it though, it's only one facet of the story and it's how you do it that matters. Check out those books and other bits and although they all have that factor in common they are all very different stories.
Don't worry about it though, it's only one facet of the story and it's how you do it that matters. Check out those books and other bits and although they all have that factor in common they are all very different stories.
Michael Moorcock did a series of books (collected in an omnibus) about a German family called Von Bek. The series follows the family through history.
The first book has the hero as a mercenary with few morals and scruples who, fleeing from some trouble, comes across an abandoned castle keep in the middle of some woods in Germany. He finds out that the castle is owned by the devil and when he meets the devil is asked to go on a quest to find the Holy Grail (which the devil wants in order to offer it to god as tribute for the chance to repent). When Von Bek makes the sarcastic comment about not trading his soul to the devil, the devil replies 'I already have your soul, if you perform well on this task I will give it back to you'.
Later books follow the family and explore the consequences of this deal - with the family linked to the grail and the devil.
I also second (or is that third) Good Omens... though in that there are no mortal main characters directly serving the devil. There are demons (who are not mortal), there is the antichrist (who is not mortal) and there are satanists who are never actually aware of any direct contact with the thing they claim to worship... no one actually makes a 'deal with the devil'.
The first book has the hero as a mercenary with few morals and scruples who, fleeing from some trouble, comes across an abandoned castle keep in the middle of some woods in Germany. He finds out that the castle is owned by the devil and when he meets the devil is asked to go on a quest to find the Holy Grail (which the devil wants in order to offer it to god as tribute for the chance to repent). When Von Bek makes the sarcastic comment about not trading his soul to the devil, the devil replies 'I already have your soul, if you perform well on this task I will give it back to you'.
Later books follow the family and explore the consequences of this deal - with the family linked to the grail and the devil.
I also second (or is that third) Good Omens... though in that there are no mortal main characters directly serving the devil. There are demons (who are not mortal), there is the antichrist (who is not mortal) and there are satanists who are never actually aware of any direct contact with the thing they claim to worship... no one actually makes a 'deal with the devil'.
The Devil's Advocate. Good film, but shows how much Pacino has turned into a shouter.
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That's how I feel about Diary. The book is so terrible I was rolling my eyes, needless to say I didn't finish it. It was actually so terrible that I only started writing to prove that I could do it better than this Asshat Chuck Palahniuk
Bloody brilliant too, though Slim's not exactly working for the devil. However, he knows his way round hell.
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Yeah, it's close enough for government work. I think there might be a new one out *clicks through to Amazon* ha! "Aloha from Hell" - great title.
If knowing your way round hell is good enough then we can't but fail to mention Hellblazer... John Constantine qualifies there 
Thanks for the recommendations people!
Oh dont worry I will! I feel more at ease BECAUSE I know others have done it Cheers.
Sold. Im guna buy it. Nice one
Oh dont worry I will! I feel more at ease BECAUSE I know others have done it
Cheers.Sold. Im guna buy it. Nice one
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There was a short-lived TV series called "Brimstone"... I was told it was based on a book or a short story. I have no clue as to the author.
Hell by Robert Olen Butler is on the subject, sort of. Although I find his recent work more and more unbearably smothered in his own self-importance. I think he peaked with A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain.
I disagree. He isn't a shouter in that movie. Nobody could've done the tirade at the end of the movie better than Pacino. He wasn't shouting; he embodied the layered perversion and deviancy and wrath and humor of Satan.
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In Good Omens, isn't there an order of devil-worshipping nuns who run the hospital?
And yes, a fabulous book. Rather more humorous than most serve-the-devil books, very funny and very intelligent.
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