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Return to Book Page. Preview — Brachman's Underworld by Vlad Vaslyn. Delilah Brachman just died and now she has six days to dodge her fate or perish for all-time. She's become an "In-Betweener," someone whose judgment has yet to be decided, and she's drawn a ticket for the Tuesday Train, the most damning ticket of all.
She struggles against the demon Noc, whose cunning mind masks a childlike loneliness it will do anything to quell, and agai Delilah Brachman just died and now she has six days to dodge her fate or perish for all-time.
Brachman's Underworld
She struggles against the demon Noc, whose cunning mind masks a childlike loneliness it will do anything to quell, and against Honest Jack, the idealist tyrant who uses torture to get his way. Meanwhile, Delilah begins to care for a man that her real life never prepared her for. Will she overcome the demons in her past, or will the life she led condemn her for all-time? See alternate cover edition of ISBN here. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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Be the first to ask a question about Brachman's Underworld. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jan 03, OpenBookSociety. In the purgatory-like land of Other Lowell, Delilah is given a ticket for the Tuesday Train; the most ominous and terrifying of judgments offered to the dearly departed and has six days to figure out how to avoid her harsh future. In the midst of all this there are demons, romances, paranormal diseases, gruesome action sequences and bone-chilling horror prose.
Delilah is a difficult character. A lot of readers will hate her. She is self-righteous, nasty, rude, casually racist, narcissistic and frustrating. She has major daddy issues and this is something that is consistent throughout the novel — lending nicely to the pacing. However, Delilah channeled her father as her inner-voice, this sometimes emphasized my understanding of Delilah and sometimes felt a little jarring. The underworld itself was a mirror image of the town that Delilah lived and died in; Lowell became Other Lowell. This symbolism allows the reader to analyze their own thoughts on judgement and who we think has the right to judge the actions of one individual.
This is a brand new book by an author I had the pleasure to meet. The book is reminiscent of some Steven King novels. It reminded me of nightmares I had as a child.
No other author I've read has keyed into these memories. I think we'll be hearing much more about him soon. The characters were through, and realistic. I was fully engaged with the story. Read my review on Open Book Society. Delilah dies for the first time. She has to fight, because if she dies in underworld, she is dead forever. The underworld is full of lost souls and demons.
VLAD VASLYN
Delilah is a newcomer there and she can be sold, slaved, traded, eaten, killed. If you die there, you are dead forever. No second chances anymore. Delilah Brachman is very strong charact Delilah dies for the first time. Delilah Brachman is very strong character. Her connection with the family is really bad. She hates her father, fights with her sister. She is full of anger and hate. Reading the book you might think that she is a really bad person, but reading on and on, you figure out that she is not. What I really liked were the flashes of her memory.
There I figured out what kind of person she really was, how brave she really was. There I figured out why she got a second chance. I respected some of her actions, but that was all.
Brachman's Underworld has 21 ratings and 12 reviews. www.farmersmarketmusic.com said: Brought to you by OBS reviewer Vicki*Beware of possible Spoilers*Somet. Editorial Reviews. Review. "This is book is so good I will read it over and over again." ~Book Brachman's Underworld by [Vaslyn, Vlad, V., Vlad].
The bad things that happened in her life shaped her character. She fights her own demons. The colonel, her father was a tough person. The demon Noc and Honest Jack were living in the underworld. They were using their own methods to get what they wanted. I know that we are talking about hell and underworld here, but it was too much for me. The images of the underworld were really vivid. Plenty of characters, troubles on every corner. She had to face her own underworld. Delilah Brachman is having a tough time. First, she gets killed.
Then her problems get worse. This is a great way to start a book, and the rest lives up to the promise of the opening.
Her journey across the twisted landscape echoes her internal journey through her life's thoughts and deeds. She must come to terms with the things she has done if she is to understand how she got here and how to get out. But Delilah is a fighter, and makes her way through her new nightmare, finding unlikely allies and opponents alike, as she tries to unravel the secret to her fate.
As I read this book, I kept telling myself "just one more page" as the clock ticked closer to midnight each work night. Visit Amazon Author Central. She deals with other 'in-betweeners', insane warlords, and demons with the same contempt and hatred that she had used in life untill she, unexpectedly, comes to care about someone else stuck in this in-between place. And then there's Noc, the fragment of a demon with the mind of a dirty mouthed ten-year-old, and Lucy Shaw, whose face will always haunt her. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
If you're killed in this underworld, you're dead for all time, and there are plenty of ways for that to happen. Delilah becomes a pawn in an unholy war between powerful forces, and she must evade the clutches of murderous minions. The author begins with a tough proposition, a totally unlikeable lead character. Stay with her, though, because her struggle is worthwhile. And the descriptions of the underworld are worth the read, as the author skillfully appeals to all the senses.
This is a place of moral and physical darkness, alive with the filth of decay and evil. The book gives many eerie echoes of Stephen King, in a very good way. Because of the realistic manner in which the horrors are presented, it will not appeal to casual readers of tamer fare. But if you're a horror aficionado, you will enjoy it.
Might even give you a few nightmares—a good thing in this genre. In the minutes before she is killed, we see her slap down her father, her sister, a nurse, a receptionist, a cab driver -- anyone who gets in her way. This anger comes with her into her afterlife as she goes toe to toe not only with the guilt from her life, but with the demons that run the underworld. In this dangerous purgatory, she has six days before her train takes her to a final judgment on her life -- if she can survive. And then there's Noc, the fragment of a demon with the mind of a dirty mouthed ten-year-old, and Lucy Shaw, whose face will always haunt her.
Only one relationship seems true -- if it can withstand the threats and conspiracies they both face. Fierce loyalty and all-encompassing love are traits to be admired, are they not? We must protect those who are closest to us, and when we fail at that we must bring about justice for those whom we love, no matter the cost.
These are the good intentions that create the monster that Delilah Brachman has become. Bitter, hardened, and unapologetic, she has become her own worst collateral damage, maybe even no better than those whose actions started her along such a hateful and cruel path.
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Upon her d Fierce loyalty and all-encompassing love are traits to be admired, are they not? Upon her death, she becomes a vicious, selfish pawn in the power struggle between demons in a twisted purgatory where she awaits her judgment, which is unlikely to be a favorable one. Is it too late to change her fate?
Does it even matter now? Should we even care about such a vile person?
Yet somehow we do. Vaslyn's Delilah is wonderfully written. Despite her hatred and her cruelty she still manages to be a sympathetic character. As the novel progresses, we learn and evaluate how Delilah has become who she is. As she experiences memories and emotions long tucked away, and really begins to examine her life, she can see where she's gone wrong. My love affair with the creepy, bizarre, and thought-provoking had officially begun. My next title, The Button, will be published in the fall of My background as a newspaper correspondent and freelance writer has earned me dozens of publishing credits for local news articles as well.
I received an Associates Degree in Journalism from Middlesex Community College, and after a few years of freelance writing, I decided to go back to school. Seriously, I have a problem. I love games too. Some of my favorite authors in no particular order are: Tolkien, and Robert Jordan. Which 's Sci-Fi movie would you like to see remade?
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