THE MICHAEL ARCHIVES are the epic stories of the war in Heaven between the Angels and the Overlords, The Givers and The Takers. Based on C.E. Robinson's Weltanschauung or philosophy, it's the story of how this war started between El Elyon, the ultimate Giver, and Prince Satan, the ultimate Taker. It is this ancient war that has polluted and destroyed Earth's sister planet, Eden and now threatens our very own planet Earth (or Urantia as it is known in the Celestial Realm).
The first book in the series, LILITH—EDEN'S PLANETARY PRINCESS, begins in the Celestial realm 35,000 years ago when the war in Heaven explodes into Eden's Material world. Angels incarnating into Eden, a cesspool of inhumanity are being captured and Harvested. Their Essence is dissected and their parts used to create an army of Nephilim, manufactured creatures perfectly loyal to their Overlord masters.
King Joshua is desperate to save his Angels. After all, he sent them into this battle to fight the Overlords. His Angels willingly volunteered to dive into Eden to protect the citizens of that troubled world from the invading Overlords. However, his Angels risk being captured and destroyed by the Harvesters, thereby loosing their existence for all time.
Now, a new enemy has emerged — Lilith. A military leader of unprecedented brilliance, she has arisen out of nowhere, becoming Eden's Planetary Princess, Eden's absolute ruler. This is the story of her rise to power.
Half British, half North Carolinian, C.E. Robinson (Charles) was born and raised on a small farm on the coast and now lives outside Austin, Texas with his wife and a few cats.
He is a scientist, philosopher, and writer, having been a nuclear power engineer, a student of Eastern philosophy, and a research scientist specializing in environmental toxicology.
One day, quite unexpectedly, a doorway opened and the mythological stories of The Michael Archives unfolded. Charles eats and breathes his character’s lives. What a relief it is when they shut up long enough for him to get some sleep.
35,000 years ago a war in heaven is just starting to heat up. King Joshua is desperate to save his Angels, who are being harvested and reconfigured into Nephilim, fighting for the Overlords. While he is distracted by this, a devastating political parlay is going down on Eden, as unexpectedly Lilith is taking shape as the newest, and fiercely dangerous planetary princess.
I love a good origin story, and and it doesn’t get more original than Lilith in Eden. I liked that this story put a twist on what we generally think of for Earth’s origin, and all the characters were fascinating. You find most major religions and philosophies duking it out in several realms, often interacting in a way you would not expect. While in general I liked the story, I think that it was rather long and overly detailed. I understand this might be necessary to the series, but there were portions that I think could have been edited out or told in more succinct history/flashback mode. Robinson’s devotion to the subject matter is obvious, and I’m hopeful that the rest of the series fleshes out more about Earth’s origins and early history.