ANGEL
Shakedown

Angel has long since learned that earthquakes are usually not benign incidents, so when Doyle has a vision involving a seismic shift, everyone's guard goes up. Further investigations leads Angel to a group of Serpentene demons living locally as an affluent private community. These nouveau "monsters" are not evil in any way (other than the fact they make their living as telemarketers) and have no discernible enemies--so why, then, have they become target of a clan of underground quake demons--demons who have the abilitiy to reduce living creatures to a pulverized mass in an instant?

Cordelia and Doyle are not sure the clients--demon, albeit high paying, that they--can be truly trusted. But Angel finds that he has much in common with this particular brand of outsiders. After all, he knows there are degrees of evil and of innocence alike...

Time Period: This takes place at the start of the first half of Season One.
Author: Don DeBrandt
Starring: Angel, Doyle, and Cordelia.
Supporting Cast: Kate, Angelus, Darla, Galvin, Baasalt, Rome.
Review: In comparison to "Not Forgotten," "Shakedown" is a really big improvement. Although the Angelus/Darla flashback has very little purpose (until towards the end of the book) everything else seems really strong. Cordelia's character explores the "shade of gray" area of things, and Angel revisits it as well. All of our regulars (Angel, Doyle, Cordelia, Kate, and Darla) all stand out as they usually do. The ending, although it was tricky, is somewhat lame, but the rest of the story is pretty good. There's more Doyle-action in this book than in NF, so you should probably like that. Overall, it's Three and a Half Stars.

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