Angels and Demons: Perspectives of a Violent Afterlife

Perspectives of ...

by Rex Jameson

Heaven and hell are vying for human souls in vortices between humanity and the afterlife. When Lucifer and his demons overwhelm Archangel Michael and Gabriel, heaven is faced with the possibility of losing all souls on the planet.Reincarnated in heaven, Michael must fight his way back to Earth to stop more demons from swarming the planet and help his brother Gabriel track down the devil before he tricks humanity into harvesting billions of souls into his fiery kingdom.---------"Angels and Perspectives of a Violent Afterlife" is an 11,250 word speculative short story that twists our understanding of eternal rewards and envisions the consequences of our society on an afterlife determined by how you die and not how you live.

Genres: Fantasy

43 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 3, 2011

About the author

Rex Jameson is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Primal Patterns series, the Age of Magic series, and half a dozen short stories. An avid history buff and an unabashed nerd with an appetite for science fiction and fantasy, he loves to create complex speculative fiction with layered characters. He earned a PhD in Computer Science at Vanderbilt University and researches distributed artificial intelligence in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Rex and his wife Jenny live in Pittsburgh where they enjoy hosting family and friends.

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Reviews

[Angela Holtz · Rating 5 out of 5]

From Lilac Wolf and Stuff

God had so much faith in humanity that he bet our souls on it. Those whose deaths are caused by other humans are sent to Lucifer. God gets the rest. Sucker! Lucifer comes to Earth to stir up trouble in order to collect more souls for a project he has in the making. Even he has to admit its just too easy to pit man against man.

"It was supposed to be about how we, as human beings, are ultra-violent and how we may be focusing on the wrong parts of religious texts and making things much worse (from an afterlife perspective, in this one)."--Rex Jameson

I thought this story was fascinating. The main idea is that any death caused by man works against God. It's kind of common sense in a big idea kind of way. As a story, it flows quickly and easily, and will grip you. It's short, but very rich.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was an ok book, left a lot to be desired. I know it is not a full novel but dang give a story a back bone and not just chaotic bloodshed for no reason. I know the Devil likes to cause Hell on Earth but for pete sakes give the Angels a ending worth reading. I would like to see this author do a full novel or a series, he has potential for a great series with some meat between the book covers. No cliff hanger endings unless it is a series. Blessed be.

[Aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

My rating: 4.5

[Teri Orthwein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

what a great imagination to being the angels, I felt like I was part of the story, looking forward to reading the next