Survival by D.J. Manly

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Russell and Gray were in high school together and they were also sweetheart. Gray as singer and Russell as leader guitarist, they founded the Survival, a rock band very popular in the local circuit. But one fateful night Gray's stepfather, Johnny, made a move on Russ and when he refused his advances he set up Russ with another guy to be found by Gray. Obviously Gray dumped Russ immediately and Johnny managed to lock him out of the band. Now three years later Russ is still mourning the loss of both Gray and the band. So when he is accosted by Eddie in a pub, and the man proposes him an "evil" pact, Russ makes a big mistakes and accepts the help.

Eddie is a twisted guy who has sold his soul to the devil. In exchange of a lot of powers, he needs to collect souls, and he starts doing it with all the men around Russ and Gray. But when Russ and Gray have the chance to meet again, love is stronger than ever, and maybe it will give them the strenght to face the devil.

The story is pretty complex, and there are a lot of supporting characters that enter and leave the scene. Even if it's not directly connected, the setting is the same of another novel by D.J. Manly, Payment Due, and like in that book, the two main lovers will have to fight a lot to be together, and before the ending, they will experience a lot of things, some good and some very bad, and unfortunately they will not go out without being deeply scarred.

Survival plays with what is good and what is evil, and maybe it doesn't end how you will expect it... maybe demons are not the evilest ones.

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