In The Devil's Duel, Alexander St Angelo lets good and evil fight against each other without mercy. At about the same time, two children - both boys - are born. Joshua, as the offspring of Satan, is pure evil and the reader will find it easy to dislike. Alexander, on the other hand, is rather good as he is the offspring of an angelic sort of people but has to deal with his own faults and with the fact that life throws quite a few temptations towards him. Both of them receive training in their respective arts (dark magic vs. white magic - torturing and killing vs. using magic for good), because both of them have a destiny. Funnily enough, Joshua is the one who founds a new church and finds millions of believers who follow him because he performs miracles. Alexander, an adult by that time, soon realizes that this new church and its promises are nothing but evil in disguise. But can he convince the believers that the good man who promises them paradise is actually evil?

It was fun to read The Devil's Duel by Alexander St Angelo even though I sometimes found parts of the book too long and others too short. He certainly did a very good job of making the characters believable. You dislike Joshua (if not, then you might want to reconsider your ethics a little) and for the most part will like Alexander, even though he makes mistakes and is far from being the perfect good being. I found the idea of the devil's son founding a church and misleading the people very interesting and Alexander St Angelo described very well how the devil can actually make people believe that he is the good one. There are very well written parts in that story!

Satan has a plan and it starts with the conception of Joshua. The Brethren of Light also have their hero in the person of Alexander. Alexander was conceived with the optimum birth chart in the minds of his parents, so everything about him was perfect while Joshua was conceived on the fender of his mother’s Chevy. They were born under very different circumstances but both were born on the same day and both were trained for the roles they will perform in the future. The parts that they will play will be on opposing sides. "The Devil’s Duel" by Alexander St. Angelo is a battle of good vs. evil. Who is stronger? And who in the end will prevail?

It was gross, it was gruesome, it was scary, and it was awesome! It has all the makings of a great horror story and an amazing action movie (if ever it was made into one). It was action packed from the first chapter to the very last battle. It was just like one of those movies where you sit at the edge of your chair because of the excitement. It was a close fight between the good and the bad. Evil made lots of preparations and plans but the good also trained for the battle. Some of the lines are funny especially when Alexander and Joshua are fighting and they keep taunting each other. There are also scenes that are pure evil and unimaginable. All my emotions were at work. So, all in all, Alexander St. Angelo’s "The Devil’s Duel" was a great read.