Category: Fantasy Publisher: lULU
ISBN-10: 0557256054
Type: Fiction
Pages: 261
Copyright: December 17, 2009
ISBN-13: 9780557256051
Midnight Wings is a story of love and loss based on the strength of faith.
When Cleo is accused of causing the tragic death of a boy, she searches out answers. Coming across a mysterious man poised next to a pond she feels an instant link that holds her in his grip. When Sariel approaches, her world is shattered when he reveals that he is a fallen Angel cast out by God. Everything in her world tells her this man should be inherently evil but she finds herself falling fast in love with him. As Cleo is trying to come to grips with Sariel’s beauty and mystery a creature begins to pursue them both in hopes of attaining the grace of God. When Sariel is unable to hunt the creature for fear of Cleo’s safety she is faced with a decision. If Sariel stays at her side, human kind will have lost their true protector and Cleo willbe crushed with the knowledge that she could have prevented the destruction of innocent lives. If he leaves, the link between them could kill them both.
Excerpt
“Sariel, your what, a fallen angel? It's just a bible story. Why are you telling me this? Are you just trying to tell me why your Mother named you that?” I could feel the truth in the deepest recesses of my soul but I couldn't say it aloud. I assumed I would never be able to say it aloud if what Sariel told me was true. Could this be true? Could the man that holds a piece of me be an angel? Angels don't exist in my world, they just don't. But staring at him sitting next to me I knew that it was true, how could he be anything but an Angel?
Hovering in the Otherworld above a dystopian land called the Dregs is a place where humans, dwarves, and all the creatures of fae gather once a year to wager fortunes and celebrate the spirit of competition. The place is called Sky Island, for the dr