At the center of the story is Toby O'Dare, known as Lucky the Fox, a notorious contract killer living under various aliases. Once a man of promise, he now exists as a soulless figure, taking orders from a mysterious figure referred to as 'The Right Man.' The narrative begins in present-day Riverside, California, where Lucky finds solace at the Mission Inn, a place where he can drop his disguises. However, he is soon tasked with another assassination assignment. Amidst his grim reality, a mysterious seraph appears, offering him a chance to save lives instead of taking them. Lucky, who grew up in New Orleans with an alcoholic mother and a murdered father, once dreamed of becoming a priest, seeking refuge in rituals, history, and music. Now, he seizes this unexpected opportunity. Transported back to thirteenth-century England, Lucky enters a perilous world where Jews, despised and accused of heinous crimes, live under constant threat. As he navigates this treacherous landscape, his journey unfolds from medieval villages to the cities of London and Paris, evolving into a tale of danger, loyalty, betrayal, selflessness, and love.
Lieder der Seraphim Reihe
Diese Serie begleitet einen berüchtigten Auftragskiller namens 'Lucky the Fox', dessen Leben eine dramatische Wendung nimmt, als ihm ein mysteriöser Seraph eine Chance anbietet. Anstatt seine Zerstörungsarbeit fortzusetzen, wird er ins gefährliche 13. Jahrhundert transportiert, um Erlösung zu finden. Seine Reise zur Rettung führt ihn durch das mittelalterliche England, nach London und Paris, wo er sich Gefahren, Flucht, Loyalität, Verrat und Liebe stellen muss.
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The Songs of the Seraphim - 2: Of Love and Evil
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“I dreamed a dream of angels. I saw them and heard them in a great and endless galactic night. I saw the lights that were these angels, flying here and there, in streaks of irresistible brilliance . . . I felt love around me in this vast and seamless realm of sound and light . . . And something akin to sadness swept me up and mingled my very essence with the voices who sang, because the voices were singing of me . . . ” Thus begins a lyrical, haunting novel, a metaphysical thriller of angels and assassins set in fifteenth-century Rome, a city of domes, rooftop gardens, and towering crosses beneath shifting clouds. Amidst the backdrop of Michelangelo, Raphael, and the Holy Inquisition, Toby O’Dare, a former government assassin, is summoned by the angel Malchiah to solve a poisoning crime and uncover the truth behind a haunting by a restless spirit—a diabolical dybbuk. As O’Dare navigates dark plots and threats, the veil of ecclesiastical terror closes in around him. His journey of atonement reconnects him with his own past, revealing matters both light and dark, fierce and tender, and offering a deeper vision of love and the promise of salvation.