To Reign in Hell
The time is the Beginning. The place is Heaven. The story is the Revolt of the Angels—a war of magic, corruption and intrigue that could destroy the universe. To Reign in Hell was Stephen Brust's second novel, and it's a thrilling retelling of the revolt of the angels, through the lens of epic...
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The time is the Beginning. The place is Heaven. The story is the Revolt of the Angels—a war of magic, corruption and intrigue that could destroy the universe. To Reign in Hell was Stephen Brust's second novel, and it's a thrilling retelling of the revolt of the angels, through the lens of epic fantasy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312870492 (0312870493)
Publish date: July 7th 2000
Publisher: Orb Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Speculative Fiction,
Religion,
Horror,
Angels,
Mythology,
Demons
To Reign in Hell is a re-casting of the story of Satan being cast down from heaven, and in this telling, Satan is the more sympathetic character. It's an interesting idea, but it's marred by mundane characters and plodding pace. Strip away the interesting pretense and this becomes a fantasy book wit...
A truly original take on Creation, from a semi-Biblical viewpoint - in other words, it's an imaginative take on Genesis from a very skewed angle indeed. This book has the honor of being the one I've loaned out most often AND the one that has failed to be returned to me most often. As a result I've h...
Oh, where to start? I have to say that I was expecting more out of this one. It just didn't really do it for me. The introduction by Zelazny only raised my expectations too, I must say. For him to say that he doubted that Brust could pull off what he set out to do, but found that he was wrong to dou...
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