Books like The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands is generously and lushly multilayered: a soldier of fortune’s tale, historical saga, insurgent chronicles and even a delicate romantic mystery – and always at the highest narrative level.What is the nature of Devil? Is he the antagonist of God? Or is he just the other side of God? When you’re at war are you on the side of God or the Devil? When you’re in love is your love inspired by God or by the Devil?What is not of God is of the devil’s domain. God exists even when they say He doesn’t. But the devil does not need to exist to be – when people know that he does not exist, then is when he takes over. Hell is a limitless thing which cannot even be seen.There are plenty of dark moments and often The Devil to Pay in the Backlands subtly echoes Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.As long as there is one fearful soul in the world, or a frightened child, everyone is in danger.Life is “neither mean nor kind, it takes away or gives, it pleases or embitters you, according as you treat it”.Life is what you make it…