In the beginningThree brothers - Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer. Royalty. Archangels. United in devotion to their father and all his works.But when Lucifer learns of their father's latest creation - a new race, fashioned from crude matter and yet made in his image - he is consumed with resentment. Why have he and his angelic kind been overlooked?After a bitter confrontation, Lucifer is cast out, doomed to an eternity of exile and punishment.Unrepentant, he vows he won't suffer alone. Mankind has made a powerful enemy - one determined to lure it into darkness and torment any way he can "There could be no bigger canvas for film-making." - Mark Ordesky (Executive Producer - Lord of the Rings); "Alec not only re-frames pre-history; she also imaginatively illustrates how the realm of spirit impacts the contemporary material world." Ileen Maisel (Executive Producer for the Golden Compass)"This is the best work of fiction I have read since the last installment of Dean Koontz' Frankenstein serie