Wow! This was an awesome kickoff start to this series of books!

I have read this author before with one of his other series and I really liked the author's writing style, so when I saw that he had this series it intrigued me enough to grab all the books!

A little backstory:

Mark Talon is with the Delta Force and he decides to come home to be with his girlfriend (Michelle) as he is wanting to ask her to marry him. Michelle is a reporter with a newspaper and she is in the middle of a breaking story. Mark and Michelle don't get a chance to be together long as things turn sour real quick when Michelle is brutally murdered.

Mark then goes into vengeance mode as he wants to track down and kill the murderers. In steps Simon Casca, a billionaire that seems to know details of not only Mark's life but Michelle's life as well. Simon knows who might be behind the murder and there have been more murders as well that have been happening and he wants to see justice done. Mark finds out from Simon that the murders are somehow connected to a cult that deals in the occult and to take out the cult then Mark has to learn the dark arts as physical power will not work at all against the cultists.

Thoughts:

This was a cool story and when I first sat down to read it I was only planning on reading a couple of chapters, but that didn't happen as from the first few pages I was captured by the storyline and ended up reading about six chapters straight.

Lots of action abounds within these pages and through the whole book it was just one thing right after another! The visual aspects of the story itself just comes alive on the pages and I love the character Mark Talon as he is like The Punisher on steroids! This is one bad ass guy! You cannot knock down Mark Talon as he will just keep on coming till he gets what he wants!

This book kept my insomnia fueled as I just could not seem to put the book down. Giving this book five "action-packed" stars! I am going to be moving into the next book which is "Apocalypse Soldier" to see what adventure awaits Mark Talon next!
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Don't judge this book by the cover!!

I wasn't entirely sure what I was going into with this book. The cover reminds me of something weird and from the 80's.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a 'need to finish this book now' drive throughout. A few of the major characters are lacking depth, but the ones that have been developed are interesting. A great science fiction book to listen to! Narrator handles this one like a pro.

I was provided this audio book at no charge by the author, publisher or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review. ( )

What a roller coaster ride. This book is non-stop action from the first page to the last. Mr. Massa knows how to ramp up the action in no uncertain terms.

The story begins with the murder of Steve Delaney, a UBER driver. The murderer’s IPhone telecast Delaney’s murder to a mysterious man wearing a robotic death mask and to two other phones. Strange sing-song chanting by the masked man is heard and the 3 others then committed suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Flash forward and Mark Talon, Delta Force Soldier and most decorated soldier in all the military branches, is on his way home to pop the question to his investigative reporter girlfriend, Michelle. After accepting his proposal, all hell breaks loose in her apartment after Talon goes to the aid of an old military friend; Michelle is murdered in a horrible way within a pentagram by a Satanic Cult before he returns. What was she investigating that could have led to her death? The villains do not realize the can of worms they have opened by killing Talon’s fiancée and he has the backing of Simon Casca, owner of a technology company, billionaire and occult expert. Casca has personal knowledge of the evil of this cult.

Enter the villain of this story, Robert Zagan, CEO Of Omicron Technologies and Satanic Cult Leader. His first satanic kill was a cat, whose blood he used to computer program the death of his boss in his shiny Lexus. Zagan continued implanting satanic code to his games. The ultimate evil has been born in the computer world. He has a hold over his employees; they are killing for him and they wear a wrist tattoo of a binary code, which reads as 666. He has created an occult algorithm. But even Zagan doesn’t realize what he has created; there are unexpected implications. A few more blood sacrifices, the world will his oyster, his to control and manipulate; total control. What a story follows!

The action does not stop; as you are led piece-by-piece, clue-by-clue to the conclusion of this book, but not the conclusion of this story. This is just the beginning. It will make your hair stand on end. Technology today is very advanced and it is frightening to think what a truly evil person could do with enough money and power. Whether you believe in Satan, demons, and spells or not, this is a great read.

Mr. Massa paints a picture that is very scary and does it very well. The plotting is excellent, the pacing of the story is great; it will keep you on the edge of your seat. You can almost feel the evil coming off the pages. You will not lose interest in this story. I could not stop reading; I had to know what was happening next.

This book is for the person that likes fast paced action that is well written. I look forward to reading book two. Great job Mr. Massa.

This book was a free read on Amazon at time of my download or can purchased at a store or site of your choice. ( )

ABR's original Damnation Code audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

This audiobook is one of the reasons I love that, years ago, I started this humble little audiobook review blog. Because people bring me audiobooks that I may have passed over for whatever reason. It is really hard to keep up with all of the happenings in the audiobook community.

Ok, on to Damnation Code. From the very first scene introducing us to some occult happenings. Enter the protagonist, Talon, just returning home from a tour in Afghanistan. Quickly he finds that his fiancée has been murdered by members of a cult (This is not a spoiler because it is in the summary). Before this happened I thought the whole audiobook moved a bit slowly, however, after this point it moved along at a frenzied pace. Then we find that the cult is a super evil corporation, injecting ancient occult ceremonial magic into the source code of many of it’s devices.

I love that Massa took the time to make a giant technology corporation as the bad guy in this story. It will fit in with many people’s existing thoughts and feelings about such entities. Along with the super evil and powerful CEO. I am also very pleased with the introduction to one of my new favorite heroes, Talon, I see the potential for so many more great adventures for this quick thinking military bad ass.

Damnation Code is a nice mix of paranormal horrors and military action to create a fun fast paced urban fantasy concoction. Interesting characters, great action, gripping storyline, fast paced and a very quick listen. I will be listening to more of this great new series.

Every performance that I have listened to by James Foster has been absolutely stellar. His performance here is no exception. Just read my reviews of Foster’s other work and you will see what I mean. If you don’t want to read those. Foster’s two greatest strengths are. 1. Sounding like an unpolished everyman and 2. pacing fluctuation. These two things are enough to draw me into just about anything.

Audiobook provided for review by the narrator. ( )