Raven’s Peak

Demons rise from the shadows in the bland kickoff to Cole’s World on Fire supernatural adventure series. Abigail Dressler narrowly escapes a brutally powerful demon that may have killed her mentor, Arthur Vangeest; the trial leaves her lacking a number of important memories. She is sent by the Council of Chaldea to the small town of Raven’s Peak, Tenn., where something is causing mysterious chaos. The council hopes that this job might help Abigail remember what happened to her when she was taken by the demon several months before. Desperate to discover Arthur’s fate, Abigail defies the council’s orders and risks more than her life as she faces both her past and the demons plotting to destroy her. Cole (Graveyard of Empires) portrays Abigail as an energetic, spunky young woman of a sort readers have seen many times before. The novel is built upon a clichéd supernatural story line, leaving the plot feeling flat and overdone. (BookLife)