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Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much about-his specialty is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charge with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. And failure is not an option. Vin DiPietro long... read more
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Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much about--his specialty is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel, and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the Seven Deadly Sins. And failure is not an option.
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Characters edit
- James Heron: aka Jim; construction worker turned fallen angel, much is unknown about his past other than that he "was" in the military and he doesn't like to talk about it.
- Vincent diPietro: "Vin" - Wealthy construction business owner
- Marie-Terese Boudreau: Prostitute that works at the Iron Mask, she watches the people who patron the Iron Mask, and doesn't really belong.
- Matthias the F**ker: head of black ops, Jim's old boss, owes Jim for saving his life.
- Adrian Vogel: Construction worker, friend of Eddie, very brash and abrasive says whatever is on his mind. Befriends Jim at the work site.
- Eddie Blackhawk: Construction worker has teamed up with Jim as they work quickly together. Rides a Harley and has a long dark braid down to his hips.
- Nigel: English archangel
- Colin: English archangel
- Bertie: "Albert" - English archangel
- Byron: English archangel
- Tarquin: Bertie’s beloved Irish wolfhound
- Devina Avale: Vin's girlfriend
- Dog: Jim's stray dog. Has a limp
- Trez Latimer: Marie-Terese's boss, owner of the Iron Mask
- Robbie: Marie-Terese's son
- Mark Capricio: Marie-Terese's ex-husband; mobster
- Saul Weaver: Church member, has a secret
- Gina: Fellow prostitute at the Iron Mask
- Chuck: Jim's foreman at his job site
- Mr. Reinhardt: The jeweler
- Janice: Assistant at the jewelry store
- The Maker: "God"
Quotes edit
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“Can you work your magic on this, Gramps?”
Jim Heron
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Death did that to a person, Vin thought. Stopped them in their place in the midst of the great tumble and scramble of their life, isolating them in still silence. In the instant it took hold, it changed everything, but its effect was like that of a car slamming into a wall—what was inside kept on going because the shit didn’t know better…with the result being utter chaos:
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And whether or not anything happens between you and me, it took meeting you to show me what I was missing.”
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a man wearing a Red Sox baseball cap settling on his knees in the far back.
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Nobody ever said life was fun or easy or even fair, and sometimes you did things to survive that would seem utterly and completely incomprehensible to the home-and-hearth part of your brain. But there were no shortcuts in life and you had to pay for your mistakes. Always.
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Seven deadly sins. Seven souls swayed by these sins. Seven people at a crossroads with a choice that must be made. You enter their lives and affect their path. If they choose righteousness over sin, we prevail.
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Faith and hope and love…prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude…all this useless clutter just packed too much damn morality into the heart, getting in the way of the soul’s innate desire for malignancy.
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“I am Nigel. This rather acerbic fool”—the blond nodded at the dark-haired guy—“is Colin. Byron is our resident optimist and Albert is the dog lover.” “I go by Bertie to friends,” Mr. Canine said as he stroked the wolfhound’s ruff. “So, please, by all means. And this is the darling Tarquin.”
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Funny thing about glass. When you broke the shit up, it got pissed and bit back.
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Hieronymus Bosch helter-skelter—or worse, Dante’s stupid-ass Inferno crap. Honestly. Flames and tortured souls and everyone wailing.
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Passion was sex with soul, and no matter how many times she’d made him come, only his body had been in it.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Caldwell, New York: Medium sized town in Upstate New York.
- North Lawn, Heaven
- The Iron Mask: Nightclub
- New York
- St. Francis Hospital: Hospital in Caldwell
- St. Patrick
- Manse of Souls: Castle in heaven for the life-lights of those who have proven themselves of good and fine nature during their time on Earth.
Organizations edit
- The Four Lads: A group of four archangel's (Nigel, Colin, Bertie & Byron); The leader of the group is Nigel
First Sentence edit
Demon was such a nasty word.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapters 1 - 43
Authors & Contributors edit
- J. R. Ward (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Signet
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 29, 2009
ISBN: 0451228219
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Signet
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 29, 2009
ISBN: 0451228219
Page Count: 496
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 3077 vol. 21
- Dewey: 813.6
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- J. R. Ward: Author's Website
- J. R. Ward - Covet (The Fallen Angels): EXCERPTS FROM COVET
- J. R. Ward - The Fallen Angels: Deleted Scene: Last Chapter
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