The Book of Angels

by Thomas E. Kennedy

From the dawn of history, magicians and poets have sought the land of the dead-magicians by force of will, poets by the power of imagination.In The Book of Angels, fiction writer Michael Lynch is drawn into a chilling reality in which a ruthless magician employs the terror and commandments of magick-to know, to dare, to will, to keep silence-to harness the force of Lynch's imagination in a bid for the ultimate journey. Lynch's only weapon with which to defend himself and his family is his power to dream, the only recourse of his spirit, his desire to love.In an eerie journey to the furthest edge of mortality, magicians, witches, bad priests, teachers, and writers walk the streets of an everyday American world playing with life, imagining death.

236 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

Thomas E. Kennedy is an author of novels, short stories, and essays. He has been a journalist for World Medical Journal and the Danish Medical Association and a translator and editor for Copenhagen's Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims and now teaches at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He lives in Copenhagen with his wife, a physician.

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Reviews

[William Lawrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thomas Kennedy was a master of prose. This novel is full of rich description. There is no rushing for the sake of plot or action. That alone limits who will enjoy this book. But if you give it time and patience, you'll come away feeling a literary transformation.