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Rauch und Asche: Die Tony-Chroniken 3
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Rauch und Asche: Die Tony-Chroniken 3

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Unheil braut sich über dem pulsierenden Vancouver zusammen. Die Stadt soll zum Epizentrum einer dämonischen Konvergenz werden, und als Stuntfrau Leah Burnett zum Fokus übersinnlicher Aktivitäten wird, steckt der angehende Regieassistent Tony wieder einmal mittendrin im Geschehen. Wie sich herausstellt, ist die 3500 Jahre alte Leah eine Art personifiziertes Tor für den Dämonenfürsten Ryne Cyratane - stirbt sie, wird Cyratane wiederkehren und Tod und Verderben über die Welt bringen.
Tony bleibt nicht viel Zeit, um seine magischen Fähigkeiten zu vertiefen, denn die dämonischen Angriffe auf Leah häufen sich, und es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis einer der Attentäter Erfolg haben und sich für die Welt der Vorhang zum letzten Akt heben wird.
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Release dateJan 21, 2015
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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I love this book! I was very sad to hear that it's probably the last one...
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Not the best ending to a trilogy, what with all the open plots dangling, but an ok read nonetheless. Of the series this was my least favorite, although i still find Tony and Henry to be intriguing characters.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Tony Foster and the cast and crew of the TV show Darkest Night are back in this final book of the Smoke trilogy. This time, a stuntwoman named Leah shows up on set and Tony finds out that she?s the immortal handmaiden of a god trying to break out of hell. In order to stop the god, and the chaos the god will wreak on earth, she needs Tony?s help. Of course, saving the world isn?t the only thing Tony has to deal with. There?s also filming another episode of the show, and the unresolved sexual tension between Tony and the actor Lee.Smoke and Ashes continues the tradition of the first two Smoke books. It?s witty and fun, full of pop culture references and tongue-in-cheek humour. The characters are a veritable scooby gang, their personalities mashing together as they work to help Tony. None of it is very serious, despite the impending doom, but I don?t read these books to be serious. They?re like the extra chocolate bar you sneak even though you?re supposed to be on a diet. Slightly trashy but you want it anyway.I didn?t think Smoke and Ashes was as good as Smoke and Mirrors because it lacked the pitch-perfect atmosphere, but I liked it better than Smoke and Shadows. One shining feature is that the storyline between Tony and Lee gets wrapped up. It was a little too quickly done, in my opinion. I would have liked to have seen more meaningful interaction between them, but that?s not to say I?m unhappy with what I got instead. Which sums up my entire attitude towards this trilogy: imperfect and at times overly fluffy, but I like it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A solid and entertaining end to the series (although I'd be perfectly happy to read more, and it's certainly open enough for many more adventures to follow.) We're back to the more traditional urban fantasy format, and I was fairly pleased with it. The immortal and kind of obnoxious Leah was fun, the snippets of the main characters bluffing, sneaking, and lying their way into all sorts of random places was entertaining, and while I was never quite sold on the villain, I did appreciate the finale. ("He's a demon, what did you expect?")

    I still don't really care about Tony and Lee as a couple, but they're far less annoying than just about every other urban fantasy romance ever.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Oh, that was lovely. I thought I'd read all of the Smoke trilogy, but apparently I'd missed this one. Tony grows up a little more - in several senses. Leah is a pain, but she also knows quite a bit about magic, though from the outside - very helpful, in spots. The whole Demongate and Demonic Convergence is fascinating. I kind of like Kevin, too, though he's a bit of a whiner. He could be very useful - or very dangerous - further down the line. One of the ways Tony grows up is discovering that people want to help, if there's need - and it's not up to him to keep them shielded. Not even Lee. There's a lot of sex in the story - nothing explicit, but between Leah's tendencies and Tony figuring things out it's pretty well pervasive. I liked the thing with the married guy. And there were several places where I laughed aloud, less because the line was funny and more because it was just absolutely perfect. Tanya Huff does that - finds that bolt of lightning phrase. Wonderful book, a definite keeper - I was pretty sure of that before I started, but it's nice to have it confirmed.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Huff is so up and down for me! This was light and basically charming; it?s a spinoff of her main vampire series focused on a wizard who works for a cheesy Vancouver fantasy series about a detective vampire. Our hero is mostly doing fine (though his crush on the series? sidekick, who is at least pretending to be straight, is giving him angst), until an immortal stuntwoman seeks out his help preventing a demon invasion that will kill her?and destroy the world, but she doesn?t care so much about that. Bantery and breezy, with what seemed like lots of cheap Vancouver TV in-jokes, or jokes at least.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Two months after escaping from almost certain death by haunted house Tony Foster's world is still reeling from the changes as he attempts to embrace his wizardly side and undertake ever increased duties resulting from his promotion to TAD on Darkest Night. This is in addition to the fact that his personal life is still in chaos from his slightly requited yet unfulfilled crush on co-star Lee Nichols and estrangement from his best friend/patron/former lover and vampire, Henry Fitzroy. Luckily for Tony the world around him never stays calm enough for him to dwell on his life?s angst for too long and when the new stunt-woman Leah turns out to be a Demongate and focus of a demon convergence it is time for him to turn hero again to save the world from a blood hungry and antlered arjh lord bent on utter domination.This third story of Tony Foster's Vancouver based adventures, and regrettably the last of the trilogy, was just an engrossing read as the first two books, although I enjoyed the first two a bit more. I still really like Tony's character and the whole television show production aspect to the setting and plot and wish that the author would do a bit more with the characters. Certainly where this left off has left room for more stories. As always with this author's writing, there are parts which I wish she would have expanded upon, but it really is a slight frustration in the overall. She did a wonderful job with her new addition of Leah and her host of side characters whom we have gotten to know rather well over the three books (for whatever reason I really liked Mouse). I would certainly once again strongly suggest this trilogy to people with open minds who enjoy dark fantasy and a story that doesn't hesitate to poke fun at itself.Since the unexpected short story of Tony and Henry in "Many Bloody Returns" is what inspired me to pick up "Smoke and Shadows" sooner rather than later, I will be keeping an eye out for hidden shorts that I hope will pop up in the future, although another full length novel would be the ideal.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the final book in Huff's Smoke series and the series just kept getting better. This book was fantastic in all the best ways. All of the characters, including some new ones, were entertaining and fun. Leah is a great, snarky and yet caring addition to the story. Tony and Lee have hilarious and tense chemistry and Tony's other friends? Just great. I also love how Huff makes sure her continuity flows properly, Tony understands that the experiences in the previous books (and the Blood series) have a lasting affect on himself and his friends (including Henry). Something I wasn't sure I'd enjoy, but surprisingly did, was the fact that the focus of the books isn't Henry. His importance to the story and plot is definitely important, but it is not the central focus, unlike the first book of the series and all the Blood books. I think this is brilliant on Huff's part, because it gives Tony a sense of conflict, but it doesn't drench us in vampire lore. Also, the books are very hip and culturally appropriate and hilarious. I wish there were more! While I knew Tony was a great character in the Blood books, I had no idea how much I'd come to love him in this series. It's lots of fun and definitely not your run of the mill vampire series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Tony Foster and the cast and crew of the TV show Darkest Night are back in this final book of the Smoke trilogy. This time, a stuntwoman named Leah shows up on set and Tony finds out that she’s the immortal handmaiden of a god trying to break out of hell. In order to stop the god, and the chaos the god will wreak on earth, she needs Tony’s help. Of course, saving the world isn’t the only thing Tony has to deal with. There’s also filming another episode of the show, and the unresolved sexual tension between Tony and the actor Lee.Smoke and Ashes continues the tradition of the first two Smoke books. It’s witty and fun, full of pop culture references and tongue-in-cheek humour. The characters are a veritable scooby gang, their personalities mashing together as they work to help Tony. None of it is very serious, despite the impending doom, but I don’t read these books to be serious. They’re like the extra chocolate bar you sneak even though you’re supposed to be on a diet. Slightly trashy but you want it anyway.I didn’t think Smoke and Ashes was as good as Smoke and Mirrors because it lacked the pitch-perfect atmosphere, but I liked it better than Smoke and Shadows. One shining feature is that the storyline between Tony and Lee gets wrapped up. It was a little too quickly done, in my opinion. I would have liked to have seen more meaningful interaction between them, but that’s not to say I’m unhappy with what I got instead. Which sums up my entire attitude towards this trilogy: imperfect and at times overly fluffy, but I like it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Now this is more like it. I wasn't that fond of the second book in this series, but with this third book Huff is back to work that I really like. I don't think the second one was a bad book, but just not my kind of thing. This one reminds me of why I'm so fond of Huff as a writer... she creates great characters and good plots. She doesn't cheat. Her books always have a logical consistency. For example, her Blood book (the Vicky Nelson series) that dealt with werewolves created a werewolf pack that combined human and wolf social structure that made sense.In this volume, the main character, Tony Foster, gets caught up with a 3500 year-old woman who currently works as a stunt woman. She's immortal because a demon made her that way. The demon seems to be trying to use her to come through to this world from his own dimension, and Tony and the stunt woman have to stop him from sending demons through and causing the end of the world..Lots of fun.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Not the best ending to a trilogy, what with all the open plots dangling, but an ok read nonetheless. Of the series this was my least favorite, although i still find Tony and Henry to be intriguing characters.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Third and final book in the Smoke Trilogy. This book was actually...hilarious. There were so many pop-culture references - and Tony was dealing two old-beyond-measure people who didn't pay attention to that sort of thing - that it made me laugh out loud about every third page. I also enjoyed the story, and the characters. Leah was a well-written character and Tony really came into his own.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    More repressed gay love! :) Tony's still working on the Darkest Night tv show and this time he runs into an immortal stuntwoman and a horde of demons. Reading this after Kushiel's Scion showed up the fluffiness of the plot and writing, but it was still enjoyable. Tony seems to be growing up a bit more as the books progress, and Henry and Vicki also made short appearances. Lee seems to be coming to terms with his feelings for Tony as well. Next book soon! :)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Tanya Huff has produced another very entertaining book. In Smoke and Ashes Tony Foster, now a Training Assistant Director, stops a possible threat to a stuntwoman on the set of the TV show he works for. She shows up in his apartment after the filming, and he finds out that she's an immortal Demongate. If she dies a host of demons will flood the world and slaughter the innocent. Pulling in the help of Henry Fitzroy, the vampire from the Blood series, and various members of the cast and crew from the TV show, they set out to protect the Demongate and stop the world from being destroyed.The book went by very fast, I finished it in a day and a half. I didn't start the series initially, because the central character was gay. I have nothing against the homosexual lifestyle. I have several friends that are gay or bisexual. It's just something I don't really relate to. I wasn't sure that the romantic wishes of a gay character would appeal to me. Ms. Huff pulls off the homosexuality with believability, and pathos. I've read some slash on the internet, and it's more along the lines of insert tab A into slot B. The reader ends up sympathizing with her characters though, and you want to see them get the relationship they want.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Plot: Nothing twisted, a few logical jumps but overall coherent and fairly straightforward. There aren't any real subplots to speak of, but none of the books in this series had them so far. Characters: Henry is only in the background again, which is a good thing and gives the rest of the cast more space. The crew gets involved more, though most of them are just tertiary characters and not much more than names. There is no truly nerve-grating character, which makes the cast rather pleasant overall.Style: Average, with no annoying blunders but neither anything too original - fitting for the genre. Good momentum and pacing, nice use of absurd and surreal situations. Tanya Huff has also discovered online slash fandom, and occasional digs at fans come up. Plus: The absurdity adds a constant level of amusement to the story. Likeable lead character, good set of secondary characters. Minus: The demon plot felt to get a bit out of hand, and there was no true climax at the end. Summary: Entertaining read when you're not looking for something challenging.