Product Description

Heroes with a Southern Gothic edge.

If New Orleans has earned its "Sin City" nickname for its debauchery, then its nearby sister Devil's Cape has earned its "Pirate Town" moniker for the violence and blatant corruption that have marred the city since its founding. A city where corruption and heroism walk hand-in-hand, and justice and mercy are bought and paid-for in blood, Devil's Cape is a city like no other.

Devil's Cape is a novel like no other. It blends the gritty crime novel with a heavy dose of the supernatural and weaves a tale of superhuman heroes and villains. Briskly written and highly readable, Devil's Cape will appeal to a wide audience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #522917 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Released on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

About the Author
Rob Rogers lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. Devil's Cape is his first novel.

Customer Reviews

Do Not Miss this Book
I couldn't agree with the first reviewer more. This is a fantastic book. The writing is very sharp and immersive, the action sequences are very well done, and the characters are believable and interesting. This is a great book whether you like Superheroes or not, and it's easily one of the best superhero novels ever written. In fact, out of the many superhero novels I've read, only Other People's Heroes could even compete with it for the top spot.

This is a serious book with real suspense and intrigue. I found it hard to put down, and for the first time in a long time I found myself saying "just one more chapter" when I knew I needed to get some sleep. I read a lot, and I enjoy a lot of what I read, but it's been a long time since I've enjoyed a book this much.

If you like action, suspense, sci-fi, fantasy, or superheroes, you should not miss this book. Great stuff. Great fun. Fast paced (yet detailed,) believable, and very well written.

This book deserves to sell well, and if this novel is any indication of the authors future writing, he deserves a long, prosperous career.

Loved it!
Devil's Cape is the first novel from author Rob Rogers. It is set in a world where super heroes exist and are an accepted part of life- as in flying around in spandex suits with capes and having names like The Grey Ghost, Argonaut, and Bedlam. But unlike the comic books, the world of Devil's Cape is grim and deadly, with a high body count of both heroes and villains.
The city of Devil's Cape Louisiana is a few miles from its more famous sister New Orleans. Founded by a pirate as a smugglers haven, Devil's Cape has never shed its legacy of danger and corruption. In fact, at times it's as if the residents and the city itself revel in their dark past. The story revolves around several residents of the city who discover their powers and are motivated for different reasons to join forces and confront the villainous crime-lord known as "The Robber Baron" who runs the city.
At the beginning of the book the author takes a trip back in time several years as he builds the foundation of the story, it's a long but interesting build, and the reader will realize its necessity when they reach the present day and the story begins to unfold. The characters are well thought out and interesting. I became invested in them, and even with detailed set up there were times I wished I knew more about them, but for the story at hand what the author gives suffices. The story builds as the various threads are pulled together snugly. The action in Devil's Cape is quick, intense and deadly. For example, one of the heroes in the story gets taken out by a head shot from a sniper with a high powered rifle followed by a bunch of guys with sledge hammers to finish the job. Brutal.
By the end of the story I was savoring every page. Rogers wraps the story up nicely and leaves open the opportunity for more adventure in the Devil's Cape universe. As I finished the last pages I was ready to dive into the next adventure, and that's the best recommendation I can give it.

A great novel that happens to feature super-heroes
"Devil's Cape" is a hugely satisfying, truly mature, profoundly good book, which just happens to revolve around the lives of super-powered individuals. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I've never liked book reviews that spend ninety percent of their time telling you the plot, so I am not going to do that. Suffice it to say that "Devil's Cape" tells the story of how a new group of super-powered people come to fight for their crime-ridden city, and you're good to go.

"Devil's Cape" has a full cast of fascinating characters with awesome powers, and Rogers thankfully lets them take center stage. I never feel the ghostly hand of the author calling attention to himself, announcing with purple prose "A Mighty Writer Be Here". I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, and I can't tell you how often I am disappointed in that regard.

Rogers' writing is solid, deep, and completely immersive. The storytelling is fast-paced, yet full of rich and engaging detail. You never lose the sense that these are real people in a real city living real lives, and the fact that I can say that while talking about fire-breathing, rubber-limbed, demon-faced, shrinking, and winged individuals ought to give you some sense of just how good a writer Rogers is.

Despite the fantastic setting, the fabulous powers, and the innate silliness of the super-hero genre, I completely bought in to the whole deal -- the world, the setting, the city, the characters, the powers, all of it. The ability to transport the reader so convincingly into the story is the hallmark of a truly great storyteller, and Rogers has definitely achieved it with "Devil's Cape".

If you like crime novels, or pulp fiction, or super hero comics, you're going to love this book. But to hell with that, the fact is that if you just like good writing and good stories about realistic characters living complete, believable lives in trying times, this is a novel you owe it to yourself to read.