Gabriel: The War In Heaven

by Ellen Gunderson Traylor

"And there was War in Heaven.And the Great Dragon was cast out!" Revelation 12: 7, 9. MICHAEL, GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL...The four archangels as you never knew them! A brotherhood of valiance fighting their fallen star, LUCIFER in the Greatest Battle of All.A celestial and earthly adventure across time and space! The story of redemption from the angels' perspective.Told as only master storyteller, Ellen Traylor, can tell it! First in a new series: GABRIEL - GOD'S HERO

Genres: Biblical Fiction, Christian

308 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 2004

About the author

Ellen Gunderson Traylor, "America's Foremost Biblical Novelist," is a gifted storyteller who brings characters of the Bible to life. Her many bestselling novels have sold about a million copies in English, with numerous foreign translations.

In addition to writing bestselling novels, Traylor has been a magazine/newspaper columnist and correspondent. An award-winning feature writer, Traylor has written screenplays and political speeches, and was a contributing writer and researcher for the Tyndale Family Bible Encyclopedia project.

Reviews

[Yllo · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all, I don't give four stars easily. But if I could, I'd give this 4,7 stars.

+
Honestly, the little time the narrator spent in the presence of the Lord's character,
The wholesome epic description of the final spiritual battle (even through not always orderly and exotic enough)...
was awesome.
I can't say that many fantasy books led me closer to God.
This one did.

-
It's far from being perfect in matters of storytelling. There could have been much more done with the concept of characters who are not limited by a fixed and physical body.
That the hero spent so little time with Jesus was frustrating, and estranged me from him, to be honest.
Michael (the 100% Archangel) and his three coworkers waking to individual consciousness at the same time as Cherubim, and Seraphim;
All in the same place as countless other angels they don't know,
...I couln't buy that.

But compared to the dozen rare books that honestly and seriously try to romance the events of the first Rebellion in an inspired and lawful manner, among those I read... this one seems to be the less unholy; the least misleding.

If you liked the modern retellings of Pilgrim's Progress, and the Narnia series, you'll love this book.

However, personally, I think it's a book to set apart from Narnia, because this one has a sense of humility and simplicity that those of Lewis doen't really.

[Kristine Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ellen Gunderson Traylor has done a wonderful job of describing how events may have occurred in Heaven. I enjoyed her vivid description of various angels and their roles. I really look forward to the next installment of her War in Heaven series.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not her best book, but an interesting read, in that it made me think about heaven & what it is like.

She picked a novel topic... how Lucile fell from Heaven. She gets extra credit points for picking a novel topic!

[Casey Mei · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting, good book. Makes you think about how satan did get thrown out of heaven. Clean Book.