The Fallen 1
The Fallen and Leviathan
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Publisher Description
Aaron Corbet isn’t a bad kid—he’s just a little different. And starting on the eve of his eighteenth birthday, Aaron begins to discover supernatural talents. Then he learns the truth about his destiny: He must unite angels, mortals, and Powers both good and evil, some of whom are hell-bent on his destruction....
The Fallen quartet, now published for the first time in two action-packed bind-ups, chronicles an epic struggle, where the fate of the world rests on the outcome of one teen’s monumental quest. The Fallen 1
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
From an author of books based on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel comes the first installment of a projected series full of warring angels and pseudo-apocryphal themes. Raised in foster homes, Aaron Corbet discovers on his 18th birthday that he is one of the "Nephilim," ("children of angels and mortal women"). Aaron initially resists the notion: "You're trying to tell me that... that my mother... slept with an angel? For Christ's sake!" But a fallen angel presses him into service in their battle against the Powers (angels who are "like God's storm troopers"), who make it their mission to destroy Nephilim and fallen angels. Eventually, the fallen angels try to protect Aaron because they believe he is the "One foretold of in a prophecy thousands of years old" who will reunite them with "their most holy Father." If the plot recalls anything of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, the comparison ends there: the writing here is at best workmanlike, and any underlying theology or philosophy seems well hidden. Ages 16-up.
Customer Reviews
Love Them!
I am extremely happy that I found this series on here because I had the books and lent them to a friend...never to see them again.
The books are great! Packed with action and is a story that just makes want to keep reading. I've always been interested in End Time prophecies and stuff involving Heaven and Hell; I read Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, all of Joel Rosenberg's first series, and I went to a Catholic high school (not being Christian myself) where I learned a lot about a very popular view of Heaven and Hell. Anyway, these books do not have much of a Religious context to them, and that was just fine with me!
The story is one of those coming of age stories following a teen in high school, but he does not stay in high school for long. Aaron Corbet is faced with some very disturbing changes and then his life is turned upside down.
Also it is a plus that Aaron's younger brother has Autism because my younger brother does as well and I guess that just helped me relate to the characters even more.
All-in-all it is definitely worth the read; just go into it with an open mind. Don't be surprised if there are a few unexpected twists.