For the last few months I’ve been catching up on the trade paperbacks of LUCIFER, an ongoing series about–yep–LUCIFER.
The gist of the overall storyline is that Lucifer finally got fed up being the ruler of Hell, and decided, that’s it, I’m outta here, and settled into modern-day Los Angeles as a nightclub owner. (The character–and this situation–actually orginated in [i]Sandman[/i]). But as luck or fate would have it, he gets called back into the ‘life’, and now he’s got his hands fullFor the last few months I’ve been catching up on the trade paperbacks of LUCIFER, an ongoing series about–yep–LUCIFER.
The gist of the overall storyline is that Lucifer finally got fed up being the ruler of Hell, and decided, that’s it, I’m outta here, and settled into modern-day Los Angeles as a nightclub owner. (The character–and this situation–actually orginated in [i]Sandman[/i]). But as luck or fate would have it, he gets called back into the ‘life’, and now he’s got his hands full again.
Overall it’s a good series, with lost of Heaven/Hell conflict, demons and such. The language gets a bit over the top flowery/dark for me–a bit too much of the "crimson rivers of time and heaven rolls beneath the dying light of the ancients" kinda thing–but the plotting is pretty good and twisty, and it’s keeping me coming back for more.
So far I’ve read the first five trade paperbacks, and as long as the quality keeps up, I’ll likely keep reading. I won’t go so far as to call this a must read, but if you’re looking for some dark fantasy reading, this is pretty good.
