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Snake Handlin' Man Kindle Edition

by DJ Butler (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.6 15 ratings

Book 2 of 7: Rock Band Fights Evil

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Rock musicians battle against ancient deities in order to rescue one of their own from the effects of poisonous snake venom.

The Snake Handlin’ Man is Eddie Marlow, make-do guitarist, ex-Marine, and the world’s best tambourine player, ever.

When an attack of flying snakes in a roadside diner leaves the band’s organist fighting for his life, Eddie leads the band into the lair of a snake-worshipping cult in a desperate attempt to collect the sovereign remedy for snakebite: the milk of a lamia.

Can the band find a cure before Adrian’s time is up? Why is the town's preacher obsessed with the ancient Israelite serpent icon, the Nehushtan? And can the band get out of town before the snake god Apep arrives?

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D.J. Butler (Dave) is a novelist living in the Rocky Mountain northwest. His training is in law, and he worked as a securities lawyer at a major international firm and in house at two multinational semiconductor manufacturers before taking up writing fiction. Dave writes speculative fiction for all audiences. In addition to his steampunk, urban fantasy, and science fiction novels published with Wordfire Press, he has a forthcoming steampunk fantasy series to be published by Knopf. Look for The Kidnap Plot in spring of 2016. Dave is a lover of language and languages, a guitarist and self-recorder, and a serious reader. He is married to a powerful and clever woman and together they have three devious children. Read about Dave's writing projects at http: //davidjohnbutler.com.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B5WP7K57
Publisher ‏ : ‎ WordFire Press (February 1, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1940 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 125 pages

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Dave (D.J.) Butler writes adventure stories for all readers. He has been a lawyer, a consultant, and a corporate trainer. His interests include languages, guitar, hanging out with his wife and kids, astronomy, and history.

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Matthew Santa Cruz

Why did it have to be snakes?

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2013

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I started reading with very high expectations. "Hellhound on My Trail" was the most entertaining story I've ever read. That's about as high as the bar can get. I wasn't disappointed in the least by "Snake Handlin' Man." In the previous book, the band was fleeing the jaws of the hellhound. In this one, they must race into the jaws of an Egyptian snake god to save the life of everyone's favorite organ player/narcoleptic wizard (then again, he might be the only organ player/narcoleptic wizard). We also get a closer look at Eddie, the man who sees the real world in one eye and Hell in the other, and who sold his soul to be the world's greatest tambourine player.

My only issue with the story is that I HATE SNAKES! Between rattlesnakes that swarm over the ground, winged snakes that zip through the air, and mutants with snakes for arms and legs, I was afraid to walk around my house in the dark. Then again, it did make it very satisfying when aforementioned snakes were shot, stabbed, burned, roasted, fried, crushed, and skewered throughout the story. Looking forward to the third installment.

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I'm a Runner.

Spoiler:Attach of the Hillbilly Snake People! Nah, Rockband SAVES THE DAY.

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2012

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Author delivers again in this AWESOME pulp fiction novel. Book 2, better than book 1. Keeps you wanting more. Ever wanted to be damned or have really freaked out superpowers? Then may I suggest submerging yourself in the RockBandFightsEvil series. You will be captivated from page one. Author's description puts you on scene better an any book I've ever read. I've never been to Oklahoma, but it makes me want to go see the hillbillies that must be like the ones I love from WestVirginia. Definitely a MUST READ!

This is comparable to books in the Monster Hunter International series by Larry Correia. But in my opinion they are more captivating and descriptive.

What Are you waiting for?

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Sam P.

Saucy Snakey Shenanigans

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2012

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Snake Handlin' Man continues the ramped-up pace of the first Rock Band Fights Evil book but this time with snakes added in the mix. A caduceus that comes alive, the snake god Apep, and a snake cult in the basement of Sears make this a humorous and entertaining ride.

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David J. West

No Rest For the Wicked!

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2016

Book 2 in the Rock band Fights Evil series. There is no rest for the 'sort of' wicked. This time around our pulpy heroes are relaxing with a cup of java and such when a pregnant waitress gives birth to flying poisonous serpents, the same type mentioned in the bible that Moses had to ward off with his staff. In the RBFE series anything cropping up out of Hell is possible.

A number of Butler's fantastic fight scenes later we meet a snake handlin man and start to learn the awful truth about the snake worshipping cult of Apep. (I love that somebody is writing about Apep=Apophis besides me) These were some of my favorite moments in the book. The blending of myth, pseudo-Christian lore and just whacked out blues rock action.

I can't recommend these ebooks enough if you dig action packed occultic pulp!

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lisaleo (Lisa Yount)

Some good things, some frustrations

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2016

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I really wish D. J. Butler would give his poor Rock Band a break. In this second outing, as in the first one, they hardly have time to take a couple of deep breaths before they have to start Fighting Evil all over the place: they have all of ten pages, long enough to order a meal but not to get it on the table (let alone eat it), before all hell, as usual, breaks loose and continues for the rest of the book. The story ends as abruptly as it begins, too: Butler doesn’t even bother to show the band giving the hard-won antidote to Adrian, their narcoleptic wizard organist, who was bitten by a snake back at the beginning of the story, but simply assures us that he will be all right and lets it go at that.

The nonstop action is certainly good fun, but for the first half of the book, that’s ALL there is: we hardly learn any more about the four band members than their names and what instruments they play. Action is even more fun, Mr. Butler, when it involves people one knows something about and cares about, which means giving them a chance to have some interactions that don’t involve fighting monsters. To be sure, we do learn more about Eddie, the guitar player, from whose point of view this second tale in the series is told, in the second half of the book, and the first story in the series provided some about the other three members—but the information is thin on the ground and almost came too late for me.

On the other hand, the good things about the book are very good. In addition to the endless but well-choreographed fight scenes themselves, Butler makes excellent use of his settings, particularly the restaurant kitchen where the action starts and the derelict Sears store in the middle of Nowhere, Oklahoma, where most of the rest of it takes place. He does a fine job of listing the objects in these locations and giving the band imaginative ways of turning them into weapons. He’s imaginative with his monsters, too, coming up with more varieties of snake-human hybrid than most of us would ever dream of (or want to).

In spite of my mixed feelings, I’ll continue with the series, at least for now. I’m looking forward to reading Crow Jane, the third installment, because it shows the band as seen by someone outside it and introduces a new character who, with luck, will be more developed than most of the band members have been so far. I also hope that I will eventually encounter an episode told from the point of view of Twitch, the shape-shifting fairy (man, woman, horse, or falcon, depending upon mood and need), about whom I am mightily curious. I loved Butler’s longer novel, City of the Saints, so I know he can do characters pretty well when he wants to (though action is obviously his forte). I hope he will give his band of Evil Fighters the chance to become the interesting and appealing people that I believe they can be.

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James Wymore

The Quest for Antivenin

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2015

The damned band finds themselves wielding the brass serpent of Moses to stop a neo-Egyptian ritual designed to bring about the end of the world. This book reads faster than the first with the same braid of religious themes, historical mythology, and gun-toting awesomeness.

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DJD of Mesa

Romping Good Story with Delightful Humor....

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2012

More delightful humor in this (second in the series) action-packed, romping good story with its well sustained story line. Even though this is an outrageous story, I felt the impact of every raucous encounter as though I were part of the scene.

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Tyson

Orgiastic, Pulpfiction, Evil Killin, Fun

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2012

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I think the the author, D.J. Butler, would describe this book as Orgiastic Pulpfiction and Evil Killin' Fun; so would I.