A Novel
by Robert Browne
A spectacular thriller inspired by John Milton's Paradise Lost in which the final chapter of the War in Heaven is about to play out on Earth, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
The Myth
When God cast the archangel Satan into Hell, ending the War in Heaven, peace prevailed on Earth. Until the fallen angels took revenge in the Garden of Eden. Ever since, mankind has been in a struggle between good and evil, paradise and apocalypse: the fall of Rome, The Crusades, World Wars, nuclear proliferation, the Middle East Crisis... The War in Heaven never really ended - it just changed venues. For millennia, God's angels have been fighting Satan's demons on Earth, all in hopes of bringing about Satan's greatest ambition, the Apocalypse.
The Reality
Satan has never been closer to his goal than right now.
Agent Bernadette Callahan is a talented investigator at a shadowy government organization known only as Section, on the trail of a serial killer with nearly supernatural abilities. Sebastian "Batty" LaLaurie is a religious historian who knows far too much about the other side- and that hard-earned knowledge is exactly what Callahan needs. This unlikely duo pair up for a race across the globe, decoding clues left in ancient texts from the Bible to Paradise Lost and beyond. In the process they stumble upon a vast conspiracy - one beyond the scope of mankind's darkest imagination.
"Starred Review. [A] riveting, cinematic novel, which charts an epic battle between good and evil... consistently smart prose and an ending that points to future thrillers set in this fascinating world." - Publishers Weekly
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Robert Browne is an AMPAS Nicholl Award-winning screenwriter with a keen interest in angels, demons, and the history of the afterlife. He ran screaming from the movie industry and jumped into writing novels and has written four thrillers for St. Martin's Press in the US. His short story, "Bottom Deal", can be found in Lee Child's Killer Year: Stories to Die For, which has been optioned for television. He lives in California. Visit him online at www.robertgregorybrowne.com.
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