Broken Angels

Eve of Light, Book I

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Pub Date Apr 06 2013 | Archive Date Jan 24 2024
HyperVerse Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Members' Titles

Description

The White Fire Virus kills most of its victims, overwhelming their bodies with an onslaught of parasites. Yet, those able to survive find themselves endowed with the supernatural ability to manipulate the basic particles of light. Most of these survivors call themselves "angels," and many on Earth believe them.

As society falls to pieces, an elite group of Virus-carriers known as the Watchers is tasked with recovering a growing number of missing children in the Washington, DC area.

When Watcher agents Robert Goldner and Darryl Ridley receive a hot tip on the location of a Virus-infected girl who disappeared shortly after attempting to massacre half her high school, they prepare to chalk up another success. But when they instead find the girl's best friend from school, beaten nearly to death, they become entwined in a conspiracy involving magick, bizarre creatures, fantastic realms beyond space and time, and even the death of God.

Broken Angels is a contemporary fantasy where metaphysics takes precedence. Think Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials aimed at adults (or mature readers of any age). Philosophical and heretical, action-packed and surreal . . .

The White Fire Virus kills most of its victims, overwhelming their bodies with an onslaught of parasites. Yet, those able to survive find themselves endowed with the supernatural ability to...


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Also available in Ebook format: $7.99, 978-0989266109.

Also available in Ebook format: $7.99, 978-0989266109.


Advance Praise

1. “…hallucinatory passages and alternative-reality themes echo the prose of Lovecraft and Philip K. Dick without seeming derivative… this cross-dimensional thriller should give broad-minded readers a heady brew of thought and superpowered action.” – Kirkus Reviews

2. "...blending magical abilities with medical science and police procedures, and liberally dashed with moments of body horror... loaded with lots of fascinating ideas..." -- San Francisco Book Review

3. "Broken Angels is an intriguing twist of fantasy and modern issues, highly recommended." -- Midwest Book Review

1. “…hallucinatory passages and alternative-reality themes echo the prose of Lovecraft and Philip K. Dick without seeming derivative… this cross-dimensional thriller should give broad-minded readers...


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