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Author: Karen Dales | Website
Karen Dales is the Award Winning Author of "The Chosen Chronicles."
She began writing "Changeling: Prelude to the Chosen Chronicles" and "Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen Chronicles" after she was inspired to create the character of The Angel for an on-line role playing game she was part of. It was from that experience the birth of The Angel was formed and through years of research Karen fleshed out The Angel and other characters that came to her.
Having completed York University's Creative Writing courses years previously, Karen began to write "Changeling" and "Angel of Death" as one novel. It was on their completions that it was clear they were two distinct novels of an evolving series that has come to include "Shadow of Death: Book Two of the Chosen Chronicles."
Published Works & Book Reviews
Shadow of Death
Death is the beginning. Life is the shadow.
Released from more than one hundred years of revenge, the Angel of Death is no longer a tool for the Grand Council of the Chosen. He is finally free to return to a semblance of a life with Father Paul Notus.
Haunted by nightmares of his past misdeeds and failings the Angel wants nothing more than to be left alone. It is across the Atlantic, in a foreign country, that he joins Notus, taking up the mantle once more as a protector in a land where those who would see him dead have flourished.
Corbie Vale has not forgotten what the Angel has done. His own burning need to see the Angel humiliated and Destroyed sets into motion a carefully seeded plan despite warnings of greater retribution from the God of Death himself.
Now in Corbie’s territory, the Angel’s sword becomes the lure to a trap, one that changes the Angel by giving him what he never dreamed of – mortality.
Reviewer: Angibabi4
Review: Apr 14, 2011
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy, Paranormal / Supernatural, Fantasy
Oh wow, that is the only expression that can describe a great book. I can't wait for the next book in the Chosen Chronicles. I hope that there is a next book. I loved every minute of it.
We are brought back to the world of Angel and Father Notus once again. Angel's reputation precedes him. He appears to the council, where the Chosen find out once and for all that Angel is most definitely "The Angel of Death.
Angel of Death
The Vampires of London are being murdered and only the Angel of Death can save them. When Father Paul Notus is captured and threatened with a gruesome death by the Mistress of London and her Vampires, the Angel is forced into a dark world of murder and deception to discover who is killing the Vampires of Britain. Forced into a partnership with the Noble Fernando de Sagres, a vampire of sadistic tastes, and joined by the beautiful and mortal Jeanie Stuart, the Angel seeks out who is behind these killings. Plagued by demons from his past and his increasing affections for Jeanie, the Angel walks a fine line between his heart and his fears. He discovers the culprits but at a high cost - the irrevocable discovery of what he truly is and the Destruction of one he loves. Includes the bonus novel that delves into the past of the Angel - Changeling: Prelude to the Chosen.
Reviewer: Angibabi4
Review: Dec 1, 2010
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy, Paranormal / Supernatural, Fantasy
The background in the first book "Angel of Death" sets you up for the history of where Angel comes from. This also gives you a glimpse of Father Paul, and how he turned what could have potentially been a major catastrophe to a new life for Angel, who spent most of his young life in fear and hiding from others because of his unique condition.
Fast forward to "Chageling," where we have a ve