“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. The book I’m waiting on this week is Angelology
Here’s a summary, taken from Amazon:
A thrilling epic about an ancient clash reignited in our time- between a hidden society and heaven’s darkest creatures
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.
Genesis 6:5
Sister Evangeline was just a girl when her father entrusted her to the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in upstate New York. Now, at twenty-three, her discovery of a 1943 letter from the famous philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller to the late mother superior of Saint Rose Convent plunges Evangeline into a secret history that stretches back a thousand years: an ancient conflict between the Society of Angelologists and the monstrously beautiful descendants of angels and humans, the Nephilim.
For the secrets these letters guard are desperately coveted by the once-powerful Nephilim, who aim to perpetuate war, subvert the good in humanity, and dominate mankind. Generations of angelologists have devoted their lives to stopping them, and their shared mission, which Evangeline has long been destined to join, reaches from her bucolic abbey on the Hudson to the apex of insular wealth in New York, to the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris and the mountains of Bulgaria.
Rich in history, full of mesmerizing characters, and wondrously conceived, Angelology blends biblical lore, the myth of Orpheus and the Miltonic visions of Paradise Lost into a riveting tale of ordinary people engaged in a battle that will determine the fate of the world.
Luckily, I don’t have to wait long for this one! Angelology
Love the sound of this one. Cover art appeals to me too. I think I need to get over to Amazon and order this one come payday. Great choice.
I have seen this one selected several times today. I might have to keep an eye on this one. Here'sMine.
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Excellent pick, I so want to read this one too!
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I started reading this one last night and I really like it. I'm thinking it's going to be like The Historian (I blogged about it today). I was a little surprised when they emailed re a review, but it went through the BB.
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March 4th, 2010 at 6:25 PM
I can't wait to get it! I preordered it as soon as I read the synopsis.
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I am anxiously waiting on this one too, ever since Swapna was raving about how much she loved it.
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I am anxiously waiting on this one too, ever since Swapna was raving about how much she loved it.
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I love this cover, too. Sounds like it might be fascinating.
Ooh, I haven't heard of this one before! It definitely sounds interesting
Everyone seems to be raving about this one!
Danielle Trussoni is just brilliant — read this great interview with her where she talks about angelogy: Interview with Angelology Author Danielle Trussoni
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I am waiting for this one as well! I am first on the library list so hopefully it will arrive soon.