Archangel
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From Christian author Justin Hart Crary comes a smart, humorous, action-packed adventure full of hope, love, faith, and sacrifice.
Kael Clark is a seventeen-year-old foster kid from Nebraska with the exceedingly rare condition of having a heterochromatic purple eye. He's also a King gifted with the power to manipulate reality with his words, though he doesn't usually bring that last part up in conversations.
You might think that, like most teenagers with superpowers, Kael would use his for good. But Nebraska's juvenile courts would have to disagree. After stealing the car of an old Chinese man named Shen in a small town called Kearney, and then being fostered by him, Kael learns his new guardian is actually a real-life angel bent on training him for much greater things than grand theft auto.
There are only two problems... Kael doesn't believe in angels. And he doesn't want to be meant for anything great.
Now attending Kearney High School for the first time, Kael has to choose between trusting this old man who's obsessed with making movie references (and talking to his pet black cat Thackery) or running away from his destiny like he always has before. However, after meeting a girl named Laney Lessenger and realizing things with Kearney's townspeople may not be what they seem, he finds himself in the middle of a battle for not just his life but the lives of everyone in town-with Laney right at the center of all of it.
Archangel is the first novel from the mind and pen of Justin Hart Crary and promises to be an entertaining and thrilling adventure.
Customer Reviews
Wow
I didn’t think I was gonna like this book at first. As I said, Christian YA isn’t really my style, but I knew it was gonna morph into something completely nerdy with a Christian elemental undertone, and it was exactly that. It wasn’t overwhelmingly Christian, and wasn’t underwhelmingly Christian. It was just the perfect amount of religious drama to make a fantastic storyline.
I’ve never read a religious novel that centres on demons. Normally they stray away from such a controversial and unspoken topic, yet Crary embraces it, and tells it how it is: demons are manipulative, cruel and dangerous— especially for non-believers.
Superhero element is important in a story like this, and Kael Clark was full of it. The boy was an atheist who met Shen after an accident. He was rebellious, and wanting nothing to do with certain extremes, such as Shen’s secrets. Even the bare minimum as attending classes at high school had Kael angry and uncooperative. He got the stereotypical training all heroes do, yet he still had flaws; both physically and mentally. His beliefs were holding him back, and Crary worked with this very well to formulate an emotional, relatable character for the readers.
My favourite character is Lee Muramasa. He’s the stereotypical Japanese teenager: the parental stresses throughout high school very evident in his life. He’s a geeky, funny and quick-witted individual that only Kael and Laney (another cool main character) could love. He’s brave and willing to do anything for those he loves. He is a coward at the same time though, and it creates some comedy for the story, which I always appreciate. The cowards turning brave because they love someone— I eat that crap UP!
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT KAEL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT????
Man’s didn’t care about ANYONE in his immediate and distant life, yet he grows to care for Lee, Laney, and especially Shen. He even embraced and cared for the older man when he was breaking down over the past. Totally wholesome. THEN KAEL HANGS OUT WITH SHEN FOR SOME FATHERLY-SON BONDING OVER MOVIES,,,??? CRYING-
I didn’t think I was gonna like Kael originally— he was arrogant, cocky, and didn’t care about any of his actions. He grew into such a phenomenal character. He was relatable, too!
Not to mention that Crary made a perfect bridge to more books in this series. It gave off ‘The Last Jedi’ vibes from the Star Wars movies, where the kid uses the force to grab the broom. Hopefully Crary uses his bridge unlike Disney *eye roll*
To my old teacher, Mr. Crary, this was an absolutely phenomenal story. It’s so cool and heartwarming to see an old teacher succeed at something he’s been working towards for years. Well done, Mr. C. I can’t wait to see what else you put out in the King of Kings series!