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Book Review of Shakedown (Angel)

Shakedown (Angel)
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Angel has long since learned that earthquakes are usually not benign incidents, so when Doyle has a vision involving a seismic shift, eveone's guard goes up. Further investigation leads Angel to a group of Serpentene demons living locally as an affluent private community. These noveau "monsters" are not evil in any way (other than the fact that they make their living as telemarketers) and have no discernible enemiesso why, then, have they become the target of a clan of underground quake demonsdemons who have the ability to reduce living creatures to a pulverized mass in an instant?

Cordelia and Doyle are not sure the clientsdemon, albeit high-paying, that they arecan 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...