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Description edit
Anne Rice returns to the mesmerizing storytelling that has captivated readers for more than three decades in a tale of unceasing suspense set in time past — a metaphysical thriller about angels and assassins.
The novel opens in the present. At its center:
It’s the present day.... read more
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Characters edit
- Toby O'Dare: aka Lucky the Fox, is a contract killer.
- Malchiah: a Seraphim.
- The Right Man: Toby's boss.
- Meir: Jewish stepfather, husband to Fluria, quiet, educated, poet, kind, inherited property in Norwich.
- Rosa: Girl living in Paris
- Fluria: Jewish mother accused of murdering her daughter.
- Jacob O'Dare: he was Toby's brother.
- Emily O'Dare: she was Toby's sister.
- Dan O'Dare: he was Toby's father, a bad cop and drunkhead. Killed in prison.
- Lea: Meir and Fluria's daughter. Presumed to be dead.
- Lady Margaret: the sheriffs niece and cousin of the archbishop.
- Eleanor: aka Nell, Lady Margaret's daughter.
- Brother Antoine: Dominican monk, the abbot.
- Brother Jerome: Dominican monk.
- Isaac: an old doctor from Norwich.
Quotes edit
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“Dear Lord, forgive me that I ever separated myself from You.”
Toby O'Dare -
“The thinnest hope of salvation sustained me. In my heart of hearts I whispered, “Lord, forgive me that I ever separated myself from you.” Yet I felt at the same moment that I formed these words,You don’t believe it. You don’t believe it, even though he’s revealed you more intimately than you could ever have revealed yourself. You don’t believe. You’re afraid to believe. I heard him move towards me and then I came to myself again with him beside me. “Pray for faith,” he whispered in my ear. And I did. An old ritual came back to me.”
Toby O'Dare -
“I walked on and on, hearing the thunder of their steps behind me, thinking,I am leading them awayfrom Fluria and Meir as surely as if I were the Pied Piper.”
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“Will you live and empty and bitter life, a selfish and profane life, because something precious was denied you? Will you waste every chance for honor and happiness given you in this world simply because you have been thwarted?”
First Sentence edit
There were omens from the beginning.
Table of Contents edit
1 - Shades of Despair
2 - Of Love and Loyalty
3 - Mortal Sin and Mortal Mystery
4 - Malchiah Reveals My Life to Me
5 - Songs of the Seraphim
6 - The Mystery of Lea
7 - Meir and Fluria
8 - The Woes of a People
9 - Fluria's Confession
10 - Fluria Continues Her Story
11 - Fluria Continues Her Story
12 - The end of Fluria's Story
13 - Paris
14 - Rosa
15 - Judgment
16 - World Enough and Time
Author's Note
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Songs of the Seraphim. (standard series)
Followed by Of Love and Evil.
This book is in New York Times Bestsellers (Current). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Rice (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Paul Michael (Narrator)
- Francisco Rodriguez de Lecea (Translator) - Spanish Translator
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
ISBN: 978-1400043538
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
ISBN: 978-1400043538
Page Count: 288
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3568 .I265 A84 2009
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Rice, Anne
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Mystery
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Rice, Anne
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers
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