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Waite on the Ripper

The Celestial Wars, Book 1

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Waite on the Ripper

By: John Campbell
Narrated by: Dan Johnson
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Waite on the Ripper: The Celestial Wars, Book 1

What if I told you that Jack the Ripper is a supernatural predator whose murder spree spans centuries?

Now Jack has come to Austin, and every woman in my city is in mortal danger. I’m Harmon Waite, a homegrown private investigator. I’m supposed to stop the Ripper, but all I’ve managed to do is piss that devil off. As I go from hunter to hunted, I have one chance to survive the night.

Of course, that’s when the fallen angel shows up.

  1. Waite on the Ripper - a hyper-intense roller-coaster ride down a dark highway
  2. Waite on the Blind Angel - a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with a fallen archangel
  3. Waite on the Hero’s Journey - an out-of-this-world parachute jump - without the chute
  4. Waite on the Angel of Death - a black-magic-showdown with an entire plane
  5. Waite on the Trail of Terror - the ride through a house of horrors to die for
  6. Waite on the Antichrist - an end to Harmon’s world and the real beginning of

The Celestial Wars: The soul-blessed worlds will never be the same.

©2020 John Campbell (P)2020 John Campbell Fantasy Fiction City Paranormal War Scary

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I loved the concept of part angels verses demonic beings.
I thought that Jacks death was a bit uneventful
but im looking forward to seeing how the stories evolve

good verses evil

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I’m not going to repeat what you can read in the summary what I’m going to say is Harmons Best friend a detective for the Austin PD, Marley. Call Tim to a murder scene in the middle of the night. The father of the dead girl someone Harmon Watch grow up from a teenager to a grown woman and had A soft spot for, well her father wants the immediately on the case. He is a private guy whose reputation precedes him in some circles and it does with the victims father. Due to Providence he will meet smoke on the mountain and eventually realize It is not a flesh and blood man but the long dead Jack the ripper and then some. It is only with the help of the thought Indian smoke on the water, his best friend Molly In a quiet but confident girl name Ira And he’s going to need their help along with his newly realized powers that he never knew he had. This book is so so awesome. I might’ve messed up on the summary, but just know I read this book until I couldn’t hold my eyes open last night and then finished it this morning. I cannot wait to get Book two Waiting On The Blind Angel. The narrator who did an awesome awesome job will be back he is the perfect voice for Harmon wait and I Highly recommend this book if you like science fiction good against evil and people who are the pitta me a good fighting demons from hell you’re going to love this book. That isn’t even my favorite genre and I loved it! It is so worth the credit.

OMG talk about good versus evil!

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overall the concept was good with the world building. The only thing I didn't care for too much is that it was a little to religious for my liking.

concept

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Good story but very heavy on religion which is probably why I couldn't get into this book. A lot of action happened within a short space of time but it was paced well within this short book. I feel that the lead character Waite adapted too quickly to his new powers and accepted the seemingly shocking revelations of his new supernatural environment too quickly after having no previous experience with it before. Also using his new powers came too easy for Waite, he seemed to know instantly what to do and that didn't seem very plausible to me. I liked what a gentleman Waite was and how he treated women, he was a very likable character, as well as all the other main characters. The book ends well setting all of them up to continue fighting evil. It was a good introduction to the series. I'm not sure I got used to the narrators deep rumbling voice, but he did a great job at narrating this book.

Although this book didn't appeal to me I'm sure it will appeal to many others and is worth a try.

I was given this book for free of my own choosing and voluntarily left this review.

Good story but heavy on religion

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I absolutely loved this book!
The style of writing is reminiscent of old detective novels told from the first person perspective, and it really works so well here.
The concept is the age old story of Good versus Evil, fought out by angels and fallen angels. The former gave birth to the human race, the latter brought forth demons and now they intend to start a war using Earth as their battle ground.

This first novel introduces us to Harmon Waite, the main protagonist, who is starting out as private investigator. His long time friend and local police detective Molly, who is officially working the case, picks him up on her way to the crime scene of a murdered girl, informing him that an old friend and father of the victim wants him to find the perpetrator. They discover that she is not the only victim and there is a serial killer at work. Strange things are happening around and to Waite and they seem to be connected to the case. He meets Smoke, a stoic half Cherokee and mountain of a man, who helps him out of a sticky situation and then encounters Eirian, an elf-like, sword wielding woman, who saves him from purgatory and sheds light on the identity of the murderer – who is non other than Jack the Ripper. The three band together to take on the mass murderer and during the hunt Harmon learns a lot about his and his companion’s heritage and that there is far more to the case than he could ever have imagined.

The characters are vibrant and intriguing, the world building is inspired and the plot well thought out. Expect fast paced action, supernatural revelations, unexpected twists and heart rendering stories.
What a wonderful kick-off for a series of books.

The narrator Dan Johnson has a deep, sort of gruff voice, which took on a laid-back, ‘lazy’ tone, when I slowed the playback speed down a bit (he spoke a little too fast for me). This was perfect for the first person narrative and put me in mind of Humphrey Bogart’s Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep.

I received this book in audio book format from the author and am leaving this review of my own volition.

I absolutely loved this book!

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An excellent story. This is a good start to this series with an entertaining story. Unsurprisingly with the subject it has a very religious tone which can become a little over the top on the odd occasion. It is however a great fast paced, action packed read. I particularly enjoyed the last section which gave some great backstory on some of the main characters. Dan Johnson does an excellent job with the narration.

Excellent story well narrated

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I was given a free copy of this book and I'm leaving an honest and voluntary review.

Edit: just finished book 5. its a MUST have serise. you'll not be disappointed!

A great 1st book. Good vs evil a nice take on an age old premise. the book is nicely paced, it's very easily likeable form the outset.
great characters to take you on this hunt for evil.
the narration is perfectly apt, Dan's husky voice gives it a uniqueness that suits this detective story perfectly.
a winning combination 👌

Fantastic serise.

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Listener received this title free

I was given this free review copy at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Story well written and great narration.

Story well written and great narration

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