"Three Archangels...Three Brothers...
One turned renegade
A sweeping epic of origins and mysteries, the fall of Lucifer tells a tale older than the universe itself. Set in opulent palaces and frightening hell worlds, this is a timeless saga of doubt, of demons and angelic warriors, of obsessive love and treason, and of an ancient evil that knows no bounds.
Soon the universe itself will be rocked by war...
A war between three angelic brothers...
A war fought for the greatest prize in the universe...
That war for the race of men."
Oh dear. With such an interesting premise I believed that the book would be a gripping read with an intense story line, after all the fall of Lucifer and his subsequent crowning as Satan is an interesting and emotional story. However this is not the case with this book. The story was repetitive to an almost childlike degree. The constant repetition of phrases such as 'a million million' and 'ten thousand, ten thousands' made the book almost impossible to read. Though there were some redeeming features such as making Lucifer jealous of the race of man, and portraying Heaven as an advanced scientific society, features which added a new twist to the tale it was a let down.
The description of heaven sounds like a shallow Paris Hilton acid trip. Diamonds and rubies and unicorns, oh my. Redundant prose, redundant descriptive paragraphs that repeat for no reason other than filler. ( I get it, heaven is diamond encrusted!) The angels have servants, who wants there to be servants in heaven and why do the angels have physical needs in an astral world? Lucifer is supposed to be this ancient being but comes off as a whiny teenager having a hissy fit. For the light bearing angel he sure comes off as a dimwit.
The dialogue was stilted and difficult to read. Hierarchy and nobility titles are vital in this heaven, so much so that every time a new character is introduced the author spends half a page enlisting his (and only "his", no women in Heaven as we all know)appellatives. All conversations in Heaven are based on very long and very formal greetings with no substance at all that gets irritating quickly.
What I did not learn from this book is how it was possible that Lucifer, the most beloved angel, the light bearer, perfect, loving and wise could become the personification of evil in the space of a fortnight. One day Lucifer is the epitome of goodness and a loyal servant to Jehovah than after Jehovah creates man he starts to behave as a capricious spoiled teenager who doesn't want to share his favourite toy. So much for a thousand years old angel. More strikingly is that no one, not even his beloved brothers really try to talk with him and reason with him. There are a couple of conversation which include a lot of "beloved brother" and no much else. There isn't a real analysis of the origin of evil, no in depth exploration of the complexity of Lucifer's betrayal which would have made this book an interesting read, only official formulas and dogma.
Overall a terribly boring and irritating read. I will definitely not be continuing the series. Age Rating 14+. Mentions of the fallen angels "lying" with human women to create Nephilim and so on. Normal biblical stuff.
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