God's Demon
by:
Wayne Barlowe (author)
The powerful Lord Sargatanas, Brigadier-general in Beelzebub’s host, is restless. For millennia Sargatanas has ruled dutifully over an Infernal metropolis, but he has never forgotten what he lost in the Fall. He is sickened by what he has done and what he has become. Now, with a small event—a...
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The powerful Lord Sargatanas, Brigadier-general in Beelzebub’s host, is restless. For millennia Sargatanas has ruled dutifully over an Infernal metropolis, but he has never forgotten what he lost in the Fall. He is sickened by what he has done and what he has become. Now, with a small event—a confrontation with a damned soul—he makes a decision that will reverberate through every being in Hell. Sargatanas decides to attempt the impossible, to rebel, to win his way Home and bring with him anyone who chooses to follow...be they demon or soul. He will stake everything on fighting all the abominable forces of Hell arrayed against him, when the prize is nothing less than redemption.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780765348654 (0765348659)
Publish date: December 30th 2008
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
High Fantasy,
Art,
Religion,
Horror,
Angels,
Dark Fantasy,
Supernatural,
Demons
Barlowe builds on the work of Dante and Milton and tells a great, if not theologically correct, story. He emphasizes that the main torment of Hell is not the fire, the constant torture, but rather the separation from God. The main character comes to the conclusion that he would do anything "if onl...
”Their appearance was as grotesque as their croaking chorus; they were as varied and individual as the capricious laws of the demons could create. Somewhere in Hell, a veritable army of lesser demons had their way with the endless flood of souls as they entered the realm. Legless, headless, corkscre...