Angels, Demons, Pistols, Chains and
Action
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect
from “Tears of Heaven,” the artwork suggested “Blade Runner”
but the early chapters take place in a slave market. However, it
didn’t take long for RA McCandless to draw me in to an exciting
tale of adventure and action.
The book alternates between two
stories: that of a slave called “Water Lilly” and a demon bounty
hunter named Del. Initially I preferred the Del chapters, but about
a quarter of the way through the novel, the “Water Lilly”
chapters start picking up steam.
There is a substantial religious
element to “Tears of Heaven” but this is not the literary
equivalent of Christian rock. The appropriate corollary that came to
my mind was the 2006 Keanu Reeves flick “Constantine” (although
even that’s heavier on the religious influence than “Tears of
Heaven”).
RA McCandless is a new writer with a
strong literary voice. He’s got a real knack for dialogue,
especially in the scenes that show what a tough cookie Del is. A few
of these scenes may go on a touch too long for the tastes of some
readers, but I happen to like that kind of thing. It’s difficult
to delete good material for the sake of pace, and personally I’m
glad that McCandless (or his editor) didn’t. It’s also nice to
see an editor give a writer a little bit of slack to weave his or her
own particular style of narrative.
You can tell that this is a
professionally published book (it was released with Wild Child
Publishing) since it has the polish of a manuscript that has been
worked over several times. It’s a clean work with no grammatical
errors.
RA McCandless succeeds in taking some
familiar story elements and placing them in a unique and vibrant
world all his own. I’ll be looking forward to seeing what happens
to these characters in the future.
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