Format: Paperback, 436 pages
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Publisher: Michem Publishing
Source: Publisher
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Heaven and Hell are at war.
The clock is ticking…
Homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis’s niece is missing and pregnant with Lucifer’s child, her sister has descended into madness, and the human race has begun a relentless spiral toward self-destruction that Alex is desperate to stop. Now Michael, the Archangel she holds responsible for Earth’s plight, has returned—and he’s demanding her help to track a missing god.
Heaven is losing…
Fighting for the very survival of his own realm—and that of humanity—Michael’s only chance to defeat Hell lies in returning Heaven’s long-lost daughter to her throne before it’s too late. But first he’ll have to convince Alex to help him—and to keep her out of Seth’s clutches long enough for her to do so.
There can be no right choices.
In a desperate bid to save both their worlds, Alex and Michael must put aside their animosity and find a way to work together in the face of increasingly impossible decisions…and unimaginable sacrifices.
Sins of the Warrior, by author Linda Poitevin, is the fourth and final installment in the authors Grigori Legacy series. On a curious twist, this book actually starts 5,000 years in the past with the introduction of a key character in this story, Emmanuel. Emmanuel is the daughter of the One and Lucifer. Evangeline left because she saw the writing on the wall for her parents and for Michael who was her soulmate. Both refused to listen to her concerns that they weren’t doing enough to stop Lucifer from launching his bid to rid the earth of the One’s creation, humans and therefore start a war between Heaven and Hell.
Back on Earth, the world is on the cusp of the Armageddon, and it looks bleak for the home team. Heaven and Hell are at war, Lucifer's 80,000 Nephilim brats are almost ready to be released, the world is waking up to the devastating news that something alien is in their midst, and it looks like the Earth will be the final battleground unless Detective Alexandra Jarvis and her allies can find a way to stop it. But Alex isn’t in a good place. She’s immortal thanks to Seth, her sister’s worsening mental condition may not end well, her niece Nina was taken by Lucifer and impregnated and will die once the child is born, her soulmate is dead, she somehow managed to call Michael down from heaven, and she used an Archangel sword to badly hurt Seth.
In other news, Lucifer is dead, the One is dead, Seth has been appointed leader of the Fallen thanks to Samael, Aramael is gone, and Alex is pretty much alone but that doesn’t stop Seth from wanting her with him. On top of that, Heaven’s forces are scattered, Angel’s who had their free will taken from them by the One after Lucifer fell, no longer have a guiding voice to tell them what to do. It is up to Michael and his remaining Archangels to keep Heaven from being overrun. But Seth spends way too much time obsessing over Alex even after she nearly killed him with Aramael’s sword.
This really is a dark, and twisted story. There is plenty of bloodshed in this story. I would guesstimate that the death toll is in the millions, but don’t quote me on that. In many ways, this is a story that makes the reader feel hopeless that there is nothing Alex can do to stop Seth, Samael, and Hell from winning. The only bright spot is when Michael and Alex team up to find Emmanuel. Michael knows she’s hiding on earth but needs Alex's human detecting skills and network to find her. Everything is becoming too much for her and her mental health is deteriorating, but she knows the world needs her and she does her best to keep it together for humanity’s sake.
Michael may be asking too much, but if he doesn’t, there is no hope. If they can work together to plead their case that Emmanuel should be the one to stop Seth as well as being the next leader of Heaven, then perhaps all isn’t lost. I have to say that I wasn’t a fan of Michael’s until this story. We finally see the man behind the Power and learned the sacrifices he made for his love and fealty to the One. Sins of the Warrior doesn’t work well as a standalone. I recommend reading these books in order to understand all that is going on in this unique and interesting world Poitevin created.
It is fair to say that I’ve turned the month of November into a month of catching up with books that I put off for way too long. Definitely worth the time it took to read this book after putting it aside years ago.
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