In Midnight's Silence: Los Nefilim: Part One, by T. Frohock
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The fate of mankind has nothing to do with mankind…
Born of an angel and a daimon, Diago Alvarez is a singular being in a country torn by a looming civil war and the spiritual struggle between the forces of angels and daimons. With allegiance to no one but his partner Miquel, he is content to simply live in Barcelona, caring only for the man he loves and the music he makes. Yet, neither side is satisfied to let him lead this domesticated life and, knowing they can't get to him directly, they do the one thing he's always feared.
They go after Miquel.
Now, in order to save his lover's life, he is forced by an angel to perform a gruesome task: feed a child to the daimon Moloch in exchange for a coin that will limit the extent of the world's next war. The mission is fraught with danger, the time he has to accomplish it is limited…and the child he is to sacrifice is the son Diago never knew existed.
A lyrical tale in a world of music and magic, T. Frohock's In Midnight's Silence shows the lengths a man will go to save the people he loves, and the sides he'll choose when the sidelines are no longer an option.
In Midnight's Silence: Los Nefilim: Part One, by T. Frohock - Amazon Sales Rank: #415283 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-23
- Released on: 2015-06-23
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. a Terrific Starting Place for an Underrated Writer By Jvstin 1930’s Spain is not a common venue for American fantasy fiction of any stripe. It does appear in some stories: Ian Tregillis’ Bitter Seeds has a sequence set there as the Germans test their very special recruits in the horrors of the Spanish Civil War; and the fabulous movie Pan’s Labyrinth marries the personal horror of fascism and authoritarianism with dark and twisted supernatural doings in the very personal story of the young protagonist.Joining those stories T. Frohock’s novella In Midnight’s Silence: Los Nefilim Part One. It is the first part of a story about the Nefilim, a group of supernatural beings overlapping both Angels and Daimons, and caught in the intrigues of both. In Midnight’s Silence focuses on Diago Alvarez, who was first introduced in the contemporary fantasy story Hisses and Wings, co-written with Alex Bledsoe.In 1930’s Spain, Diago lives a relatively placid life. Sure, his same-sex relationship with his lover Miquel is something that isn’t something to advertise in a strongly Catholic and conservative country. And sure, being a Nefilim who has parents both angelic and demonic makes Diago a rare and hot property in the supernatural world that he tries to ignore and stay away from. He manages this despite Miquel’s much stronger connections to the angelic half of this supernatural demimonde of which most mortals have no awareness. But even Diago can see that war is coming, perhaps not just to Spain. But Diago, centuries old, treasures this moment as long as he can, even as forces move to disrupt and destroy it, forever.The strength in In Midnight’s Silence is in its characters and their dilemmas. At the start of the novel, Diago’s self-imposed isolation away from the supernatural society is a resolution that gets severely tested by the events that unfold. The story is much more concerned with the moral choices of its protagonist, his attempt to escape the box in which outside forces have put him, and how he deals with their manipulations. The Diago at the end of this story is not the Diago of Hisses and Wings; crucial steps in that long character arc have been made, and I look forward to filling in more of his story and character growth.Setting is another component where the story excels. This early 1930’s Barcelona feels very much like Weimar Germany, an almost decadent, hedonistic realm where people are on the edge of war and conflict. They try to carve for themselves a bit of happiness before the darkness falls. I particularly enjoyed the depictions of the various layers of reality on display, from the ordinary streets of Barcelona, to hidden nightclubs and far darker realms. That wondeful layering gives the setting a definite texture and significant depth. Barcelona and its overlapping realms feels like a real place, and one I’d want to visit.My major criticism of the story is a matter of structure and release. In Midnight’s Silence is only a portion of the full story. While the major plot — Diago’s fateful choices and the forces manipulating him — are resolved and are well-executed and completed, the ending of the story makes it clear that this is just the first installment in a much larger story. The momentum of Los Nefilim only really gets going near the end. While the story as presented is highly enjoyable, I would have preferred to have more of the complete story upfront.That said, the author’s style and preference for dark fantasy is well represented here, and readers looking to try Frohock’s writing for the first time will find that In Midnight’s Silence is a stellar and darkly shining example of the work and virtues of an underread and underappreciated writer.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Irresistibly lush and captivating By W.M.M. van der Salm-Pallada In Midnight's Silence is the first entry in a new series of novella's by T. Frohock. After having read and enjoyed her previous novella The Broken Road last year, I couldn't wait to read the first on the Los Nefilim sequence, because how could I not want to read about fallen angels, daimons and Civil War-era Spain? It turns out, I can't resist at all, since I tore through the book in an afternoon, only coming up for air once I finished it.The main story is told over the course of only a couple of days at most, with some flashbacks to develop characters and history, and focusses tightly on Frohock's main characters Diago and Miquel, which is a joy, as they are fabulous. They start off as an established couple and the conflict in their relationship, which is loving and stable, is provided through the appearance of Diago's son. A child he didn't know existed from an affair Miquel never knew he had. In a way these are very grown-up relationship problems, ones that usually crop up after other stories have written their 'the end'. I really liked the fact the maturity of the relationship and the partners and I appreciated the fact that the fact that they love each other was never in doubt.Diago is a complicated character, someone who is always in-between; he's neither angel or daimon, he's neither immortal or mortal, and neither Nefilim or innocent. He belongs nowhere and everywhere, but finds his home and his anchor in Miquel. Since the book is mostly written from Diago's point of view we don't get to see how Miquel views this bond, whether Diago is as much his anchor and he is Diago's. Hopefully, we'll be able to explore this further in the next books. One of the things Diago and Miquel had clearly agreed about is that they didn't want children and Rafael's appearance puts paid to all of that. I loved the way that Diago snaps into parent-mode even if he hadn’t wanted a child before, yet acknowledges that Miquel isn’t bound to make the same choice. His reaction to Rafael is influenced by his own abandonment by his father and he is determined not to let history repeat itself, even if it means giving up what is most precious to him.Frohock doesn’t shy away from dealing with tough subjects and questions. For example, her examination of Rafael’s conception and whether Candela raped Diago or not, with her angelic powers essentially serving as a roofie. The reactions this elicits from Miquel and Diago were interesting. Miquel grasps at this to staunch his feelings of being betrayed, while at the same time being furious that someone did this to Diago. Diago, on the other hand, has a hard time coming to grips with the truth of the situation, preferring to believe he betrayed the love of his life to knowing he was violated. Thanks to the circumstances the men don’t get to discuss what happened in depth, so it’ll be interesting to see whether this will come up again in the next book.Another tough question Frock puts to her protagonist and the reader is that of sacrificing the one for the greater good. In this case. Diago is told that sacrificing his son to Moloch will save millions of lives. The angels obviously believe that sacrificing one child to save many is the moral choice, but Diago questions this. Given our hindsight – we know that the angels are working to prevent WWII and the Holocaust – this dilemma is harrowing in the eyes of the reader. How many time travel stories aren’t based on the premise of going back and killing Hitler, thereby stopping the war? Yet in those cases, as in this case, the question is, would it work? Given the fact that the angels have some form of precognition it makes the choice even harder, as obviously they know it will. But has this knowledge blinded them to alternative scenarios? Diago’s answer to the question whether the good of the many justifies the sacrifice of the one is instant and absolute—he’ll find another way.The organisation known as Los Nefilim is a fantastic concept. I have a weak spot for these kinds of secret, supernatural societies and Frohock chose her angle well. The Los Nefilim leader Guillermo is an interesting character, whose brief appearance was too little of a good thing. I sincerely hope to see more of him. His daughter Ysabel was lovely and added a bit of a lighter note to the end of the book, which I enjoyed. The way she took Rafael under her wing felt very natural and true to how children operate amongst themselves and her somewhat impudent attitude to the adults around her was quite amusing. Frohock didn’t just include wonderful characters on the side of the angels, there were several on the side that opposes Los Nefilim and Diago and Miquel as well. The scenes with Moloch and his servants were tense and fascinating – Moloch is everything you’d expect him to be and more – and the sacrifice of one of Moloch’s servants was actually quite touching.Frohock’s world-building in the book is wonderful. The magic in the story was music-based, reminiscent of the magic depicted in The Broken Road. I liked the idea that the magic could be carried through song, through instrumental music and in some cases through dance. The 1930s Barcelona setting was wonderful as well and served as a great showcase for Frohock’s beautiful writing, which is quite descriptive and very atmospheric. The scenes where Diago moves across Barcelona from his house to the district where Miquel worked are gorgeous.In Midnight’s Silence is a great story, which I absolutely loved. Frohock’s writing is lush and her story instantly captivating. I can’t wait to read the next entry in the series and I can’t recommend In Midnight’s Silence highly enough.This book was provided for review by the publisher.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Frohock's writing trips all the right triggers for me! By Bibliotropic .net I have such a soft spot for anything to do with fallen angels. I’ve had a fascination with them for years, pretty much since I was in my teens, and so am just a touch predisposed to enjoy stories involving them. Add in male/male romance, and you pretty much have something that trip a couple of my biggest triggers in the best way. Knowing Frohock’s writing, and knowing those two things, I figured I was going to love this novella even before I started reading the first page.Diago is a man torn between two worlds. With both daimonic and angelic heritage, he’s loyal to neither, remaining as neutral as he can while still supporting Miquel, his angelic lover who is bound to thwart daimons. It’s a fine line to walk, and it doesn’t come easy. But when Miquel disappears and Diago’s mysterious past comes back to haunt him, he finds himself unable to remain quite so neutral as everything hits hard and close to home.Characters like Diago are great to read, occupying that great space between insider and outsider. In remaining neutral, at least officially, he allows the reader an opportunity to see both sides while choosing neither. Even so, though, it’s fairly clear early on that he favours the angels more than daimons. Perhaps because of Miquel, perhaps because he just generally disagrees with daimons but can’t bring himself to make that his official stance, I can’t really say. Even so, most of the story wasn’t about a man caught in the middle. It had more to do with personal salvation, with acceptance, with facing your past and acknowledging who and what it made you, with sacrifice and responsibility. How the past can catch up to you no matter how much you try to outrun or deny it, and sometimes that turns out to be a mixed blessing rather than an outright curse. There are so many of these little themes that add up to a strong message, and not a word wasted as the story gets told.It’s worth pointing out that I love the subtleties in the way the author handled angels. They are immortal beings, yes, but they don’t hang around in the same body for hundreds of years. They can be killed. And when they die, they’re reborn into new bodies, to keep living. (Another good trigger tripped, there; I’m a sucker for reincarnation.) The new bodies bear scars and injuries from the previous body, and it’s established that some angels who can’t handle the idea of a new life with such disfigurements will choose to be enslaved by daimons instead. Which sounds shallow and selfish, until you think that some of them might have been in the reincarnation cycle for centuries, and have faced torture, and wanting an escape to that is nothing to be chosen lightly. This isn’t a major plot point within In Midnight’s Silence, but it speaks to the large amount of worldbuilding that Frohock put into a novella that would still have been fantastic even without the extra detail.In Midnight’s Silence is dark without going over the top, poignant without being rigidly moral. And considering some of the themes involved, such as sexual consent or taking responsibility for someone else’s actions, that’s actually pretty impressive.This is only the first part of an ongoing story, and I, for one, and eager to read part 2 already! Frohock has started something wonderful here, the perfect balance of dark and hopeful, draws a distinction between religion, faith, a spirituality right from the get-go; it’s unique and brilliant and, for all that it’s short, it has some reread value if you’ve got an interest in religious mythologies. It’s hard to escape the lure of the web that Frohock has woven, and I’m not inclined to try. As I said before, this novella trips all the right triggers, and suspect it will continue to do so as the story expands.
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