Diabolo

Something extra-wicked this way comes! Ren and Rai play with fire when they sell their souls to the demon Diabolo to save Ren’s cousin. Diabolo gives Ren the power of ultimate defense and Rai the power of ultimate offense. However, those who fall into the Diabolo’s trap start to go crazy at 17, and at age 18 they reach the point of no return….

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Protagonists Ren and Rai fell prey to the Diabolo in an attempt to save the soul of Ren’s cousin, 7-year-old Mio…although they failed in their attempt, they were ‘rewarded’ with powers they would each gladly trade for the life of the young girl.
Just who–or what–is the Diabolo? What enticements does he offer the kids at school? And, if they accept his ‘bargains,’ what foul fate awaits them on their 18th birthdays?

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Ten years ago, close friends Rai and Ren made a deal with evil: they wanted the strength to protect their friend Mio, but she disappeared and the two were blamed for her apparent ‘murder.’ Their deal, like the deals of many others in the world, had a serious consequence: they became the Diabolo, and at the age of eighteen they’d lose their souls and become something inhuman. Now, Rai and Ren are seventeen and on a hunt to find Mio while they are still human. Along the way they try to help save others who broker the same deals out of jealousy and desperation, but their eighteenth birthdays steadily approach…