Betrayal

The Divine, Book Two

By: M.R. Forbes

Narrated by: Jeff Hays

My name is Landon Hamilton.

I’m a ghost.

I died five years ago, except I didn’t get to rest in peace like most of the departed. Instead, I was tapped by Dante (yes, that Dante) in Purgatory to become his champion and save humankind from the rest of the Divine - you know, angels and demons and their mortal followers.

It seemed like a great deal at the time. I would answer my calling as a diuscrucis (a perfect balance of angel, demon, and human) by getting sent back to the mortal world, inheriting the "magic" to bend the universe to my will, and saving humanity from devastation.

Hindsight… it sucks.

Yeah, I saved the world; but my vampire almost-girlfriend, Rebecca, stabbed me in the back (literally); I was forced to kill my angel best-friend, Josette; I’ve got a snarky werewolf taking up residence in my soul; and to be honest, I’m getting tired of the whole damn thing.

I don’t eat, don’t sleep, and barely feel. I’ve become obsessed with the Demon Queen’s warning, and the only thing keeping me hanging onto any shred of my humanity is Josette’s daughter, Sarah.

Except…now she’s gone.

She was taken right out from under my nose, and I don’t know by who or for what purpose. What I do know is that I’ll do whatever it takes to get her back, and there isn’t an angel, demon, or god that can stop me.

It’s a good thing I’ve still got my anger.

Betrayal is the second book in the best-selling Divine series, a contemporary paranormal and urban fantasy set in New York City and Paris, France. It is suitable for adults both young and old.

©2013 Michael Forbes (P)2014 Michael Forbes

Great addition to the series - Fantastic Narration

Any additional comments?

Great second installment. Just as well written, interesting and entertaining as the first book. Great story plus fantastic narration equals an extremely enjoyable listen.

This book starts 5 years after the first book ended. While the author goes over the basics of the first book to get you refreshed with the story, I would definitely start with the first book in the series.

The story starts out at a fast pace and just keeps going. It's full of surprises, twists and turns and suspense that keep you glued to the story. A couple of the loose ends from the first book are answered/resolved in this book. There is still an unresolved issue at the end which will lead into the next book. So a cliffhanger.

While heaven and hell are still fighting a never ending war between good and evil, Landon is just going through the motions of keeping the balance as the Diucrucis.
When the one thing he truly cares about has been kidnapped, he will save her no matter what he has to do or who he has to kill.

Jeff Hays does another fantastic job with the narration on this installment. As usual. Great character voices, all of them. I don't know how he works his magic for all the characters but it is amazing. He doesn't just narrate the story he brings it to life. Always a pleasure listening to any book he narrates.

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Dante and the crew are back for more

Demons, Angels vampires, archangels, lucifer, the beast and more. This is what our hero faces. Old allies return, new powers discovered, betrayals at their deepest levels and a cliffhanger ending that will leave you shocked and waiting for the 3rd book to reveal what's next for those who are still with us...the author and narrator pack another dynamic punch with this 2nd
Installment of the divine series. I received this audiobook from the author narrator or publisher for free via audiobookboom in exchange for an unbiased review

A different direction

What made the experience of listening to Betrayal the most enjoyable?

I always enjoy all the voice enhancing techniques that are used by Jeff Hayes when a powerful being is feeling an intense emotion.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked that it went in a totally different direction than what I had thought. With how I thought the series was going I wasn't super excited for the rest of the books, but now I am very interested to see how things are going to turn out.

What does Jeff Hays bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

As I stated above, the voice enhancement is something that I would have never imagined some of the voices sounding. Also I would have forgotten the origins of some of the characters if it wasn't for the accents that Jeff can pull off really well.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I know that this may sound dumb since it is what the book is called, but betrayal was my main reaction to this book. Since I went in thinking I wasn't going to be affected as much by the betrayal because of what the book is called, I was very surprised when that emotion hit me as hard as it did.

he's so depressed

SPOILER hes basically depressed the entire book im hoping the next series he loses it. still a great read just depressing.

New Enemies

This second book of the series starts two years after the first ends. The first chapter had me confused a bit as to what was going on and it took awhile for me to catch up. This installment is just as action packed and filled with deceit and betrayal as the first. While fighting old enemies, a new more powerful one is revealed and the war continues but now the balance tipping too far in either direction is not the worst that could happen. The narration, as always, was excellent.

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