DESCRIPTION
From the dawn of history, magicians and poets have sought the land of the dead magicians by force of will, poets by the power of imagination.
In The Book of Angels, fiction writer Michael Lynch is drawn into a chilling reality in which a ruthless magician employs the terror and commandments of magick to know, to dare, to will, to keep silence to harness the force of Lynch's imagination in a bid for the ultimate journey. Lynch's only weapon with which to defend himself and his family is his power to dream, the only recourse of his spirit, his desire to love.
In an eerie journey to the furthest edge of mortality, magicians, witches, bad priests, teachers, and writers walk the streets of an everyday American world playing with life, imagining death.
In The Book of Angels, fiction writer Michael Lynch is drawn into a chilling reality in which a ruthless magician employs the terror and commandments of magick to know, to dare, to will, to keep silence to harness the force of Lynch's imagination in a bid for the ultimate journey. Lynch's only weapon with which to defend himself and his family is his power to dream, the only recourse of his spirit, his desire to love.
In an eerie journey to the furthest edge of mortality, magicians, witches, bad priests, teachers, and writers walk the streets of an everyday American world playing with life, imagining death.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF ANGELS
"Quick and sharp as stilleto heels in an empty alley -- and just as ominous and sexy...Thomas E. Kennedy has committed an oxymoron: he has written a profound thriller."
-- Askold Melnyczuk, novelist, poet, and editor of Agni
"Kennedy's The Book of Angels is that rare beast, a novel that boasts both tight plotting and suspense-laden narrative with style and literary profundity. A novel about imagination and will. The Book of Angels will delight both readers of the fantastic as well as those who seek more in fiction, a tour de force that transcends its raw materials."
— Gordon Weaver, author ofCadence
"Predictability is the last thing you will find in Kennedy's The Book of Angels, a novel that explores the ambiguous world of reality and the limits of the imagination, where good and evil clash upon the dubious plains that lies between love and hate, light and darkness, spirituality and brute force...a strange, intimidating but compelling journey into the heart of darkness. It is a disturbing novel that does not let up when the last page is turned, but rather stays with you, like a haunting melody."
— Duff Brenna, author of The Book of Mamie and Too Cool
-- Askold Melnyczuk, novelist, poet, and editor of Agni
"Kennedy's The Book of Angels is that rare beast, a novel that boasts both tight plotting and suspense-laden narrative with style and literary profundity. A novel about imagination and will. The Book of Angels will delight both readers of the fantastic as well as those who seek more in fiction, a tour de force that transcends its raw materials."
— Gordon Weaver, author ofCadence
"Predictability is the last thing you will find in Kennedy's The Book of Angels, a novel that explores the ambiguous world of reality and the limits of the imagination, where good and evil clash upon the dubious plains that lies between love and hate, light and darkness, spirituality and brute force...a strange, intimidating but compelling journey into the heart of darkness. It is a disturbing novel that does not let up when the last page is turned, but rather stays with you, like a haunting melody."
— Duff Brenna, author of The Book of Mamie and Too Cool
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Read more about Thomas E. Kennedy on his author website at www.thomasekennedy.com.