Shakedown (ANGEL)

Shakedown (ANGEL) by DeBrandt, Don. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780743406963.

Even if it takes an eternity, he will make amends.... Angel has long since learned that earthquakes are usually not benign incidents, so when Doyle has a vision involving a seismic shift, everyones guard goes up. Further investigation leads Angel to a group of Serpentene demons living locally as an affluent private community. These nouveau "monsters" are not evil in any way (other than the fact that they make their living as telemarketers) and have no discernible enemies -- so why, then, have they become the target of a clan of underground quake demons -- demons who have the ability to reduce living creatures to a pulverized mass in an instant? Cordelia and Doyle are not sure the clients -- demon, albeit high-paying, that they are?can truly be trusted. But Angel finds that he has much in common with this particular brand of outsiders. After all, as he knows, there are degrees of evil and of innocence alike....