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Blood War
Series · 4 books · 2018-2020

Books in series

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#1

Rage

2018

A damaged demon hunter. A mysterious end to peace. Can he stay sane long enough to stop a bloody war? Declan Kenner doesn’t mind drinking himself to death. With the Blood War over and peace on all side, the demon hunter is haunted by memories of torture and bouts of debilitating PTSD. But when a fresh enemy attack triggers his magical Rage, he’s certain the real war has just begun. After his unbridled fury almost kills the innocent, Declan must take a dirty government deal in return for powerful anger suppressants. With the reluctant help of a sword-wielding young woman, he discovers that his state-funded demon battles conceal a dark secret. Can Declan learn to fight the good fight or will selling his soul result in the world’s destruction? Blood War: Rage is a gripping apocalyptic urban fantasy novel. If you like dark magic, bloody battles, and tight plots, then you'll love Doug Burbey & Mel Todd’s action-packed tale. Buy Blood War: Rage to kick demons back to their own realm today!
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#2

Fight

2018

Demons, Portals, Death, and Destruction - need we say more? Nothing ever happens on his shift, so the last thing Major Declan Kenner expects is a portal opening and a demon army pouring into his world. Sitting safe in the Pentagon, watching friends and strangers die at the claws of hell-born monstrosities, sears his soul. The Earth’s machinery of warfare, designed to kill other humans, can't stop the hordes from consuming everything in their path. When a new race emerges from the shadows to advise humanity in the use of magic and how to fight the demons, Major Kenner seizes the opportunity to fight for survival of mankind. As the war for the survival of humanity progresses, hard decisions must be made. His unit is formed to make decisions that no sane person would make. By the time they are done Kenner and his best friend may not come out intact. Magic, blood, death, and destruction become commonplace for most of the world. As the war progresses, parts of his soul are carved off with each order he gives. The death toll rises worldwide with every battle, many of those deaths lay at his feet. There is no option left but to fight with everything Earth has. If the final battle comes, will death will be a relief? Or consign what is left of his soul to burn in hell? Death is easy, living with his choices might kill him. Get this action packed prequel novella to the breakout series - Blood War! Now you can find out what happened in the War.
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#3

Power

2019

What will you do to survive? He didn't die with the rest of the Army at the battle of Ypsilanti. Maybe he should have. But since he didn't, he sure as hell would not wait for the demons to come back and kill the rest of them. His look through the dimensional portal, at the rabid hordes of demons waiting to cross over to Earth, drove Shane Gris deeper into his search for more powerful magic Shane thought the magical races would be wise and noble. Turns out they were full of shit just like humans. His need to control magic, or at least bend it to his will, sends him searching across the world. A drunk Fae, a geas, and a teacher he never expected knock down his view of physical reality. Learning more than he thought possible, he finds himself struggling with the oaths he took and memories of the friends he left behind. Still searching to see what else magic might be hiding from him, chasing the faintest of rumors across the world, he runs into something from Christian Mythology. Beings from other realms don't think like humans, and his mind may not survive the experience.
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#4

Betray

2020

When you can’t trust humans, can you really trust a demon? Humanity beat back the Demon Hordes once. Emerging from the literal rain of blood, our warriors, what few remained, tried desperately to retain their sanity. Most failed. The few that held on were recruited by world governments to fight an enemy that was theoretically defeated. As an expendable contractor, Lieutenant Colonel Declan Kenner survived the Blood War, and even his own government’s classified missions to suppress magic and stray demons. But the blood that had soaked Declan and his military brethren burned through their bodies and minds. Only a mysterious drug the government provided as payment for his missions, kept him from succumbing to the rage that tried to drive him mad. With the help of Fae magic Declan may survive long enough to realize the war between the races is just beginning. The Fae, the Demons, the Angels, and even the Humans all have plans that might mean death for Humanity. If Declan and his fellow Blood War survivors can learn whom they can trust before the next blood rains falls, they might have a chance to save everyone.

Authors

Doug Burbey
Doug Burbey
Author · 4 books

Doug Burbey is constantly preparing to: repel the zombie hordes, defend America from all enemies foreign and domestic (particularly the Hipsters and Fashionistas), brew beer & defeat the Rebel Alliance. Doug grew up in Asia as a military brat, went to college in MI becoming a Detroit Lions fan in the Barry Sanders era, then served in numerous positions and wars around the world with the Army before retiring. Now, Doug is an author and Technology Development Program Manager.

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