From Hell with Love (57 page)
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Authors: Kevin Kauffmann
“You’re a goddamned idiot, Nico,” Cadmus said before uncurling himself and turning over so that he could sit up. “Only
you
would be stupid enough to ride through a portal nobody knows anything about.”
“Hey,” Niccolo said before giving a weary laugh. “
You
followed me.” The joke did not fall on friendly ears, as Cadmus just continued to glare at him before turning over and picking himself up, walking toward Mercy. The white horse was fine, just now getting to his feet, but Cadmus still wanted to console the creature.
“Nico. What have you done? Where are we?” Cadmus asked once Mercy had gotten to his feet. The reaper looked to his fellow Horseman, his eyes filled with concern, and suddenly Niccolo felt the weight of it all. He turned toward Plague and wandered forward, finally recognizing the city that lay on the horizon. It was all too familiar.
“I…I don’t know, but, well…that looks like Napoli,” he said with hesitation, burying his human hand into the black horse’s mane. Unable to process everything that had happened in the last hour, Niccolo’s mind was only on one thing when he turned back to face his friend.
“I think…I think we just started the Apocalypse.”
Note From the Author
Hey, everyone, I hope you liked From Hell with Love and that you decide to check out the sequel, Ghosts of Earth. The finale, In Defiance of Heaven, will be out sometime June 2014, so I won’t keep you waiting on a cliffhanger for too long. If you’re curious about some of my other writing, Icarus, my first series, is a science fiction trilogy about futuristic gladiators stuck in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, and I’m just starting up an absurdist series of fairytales on
my site
, so I have plenty of stories for you all.
Link to my Amazon page for the lazy
And now comes the cheap ploy of it all. I’ve been an independent author for about two years now and I’m still struggling just to get my name out there, much less establish enough of a career to support myself. It’s a tough gig, this independent work, and I’m going to ask you guys for a favor.
If you liked this book or any of my others, I would really appreciate it if you left reviews or tried to spread the word. Almost everybody I talk to loves my books, but I really don’t have much in the way of reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, and all the other sites out there, even after giving away more than 50,000 copies of my books. While I’m not proud of this, I saw another author have wild success for his first book just because he included a personal note like this, so now I’ve decided to do the same. Unlike the other author, I’m not going to beg for five star reviews, I’m happy with critical reviews as long as they’re honest, but it would be extremely helpful if you could help spread the word.
Trust me, I wouldn’t ask if I had better options, but it’s a bit of a last resort situation. From Hell with Love and its sequels are likely my best chance of hitting it big, and I want to try everything before giving up. I’ll never stop writing, it’s why I’m here, but being mired in obscurity doesn’t exactly help with the process. If you guys help me out with reviews and spreading the word, I’m hoping that might be enough to get me to that next step, and then I can churn out plenty of other stories for you guys and really get this train rolling.
Thanks for hearing me out, for reading the books and, hopefully, helping me spread the word and get these books out to more and more people. I really appreciate whatever time you spend on me or my work.
-Kevin
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Another Day in Hell
Chapter 2: Past - Sons of Firenze
Chapter 4: Past - Rotten in the State of Firenze
Chapter 6: Past - Day of Revelation
Chapter 7: Of Beasts and Demons
Chapter 8: Past - The Prince of Beggars
Chapter 9: A Confederacy of Demons
Chapter 10: Past - Natural Born Killer
Chapter 11: Fall of the House of Lucifer
Chapter 12: Past - Death of a Horseman
Chapter 13: A Beast As Old As Time
