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Can words shape the very nature of reality? Can a book, even one written by a prophet-turned-angel do so? In fact, does this book contain the very words of God, taken down by his faithful scribe after the war in Heaven? And what could a person do with such a book?

Moving from Glasgow University to the burning deserts of North America and taking in a deep range of human mythology in between, from Babylon to the modern day, while even subverting the 'war on terror' into a much more fundamental battle between the Unkin than the most religious zealot could imagine.

It plays with fantasy, with modern novel narratives, with politics, religion and history. It is, quite simply, stunning and the most powerful debut I've read since Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. If you love that book, or the erudite works of Neil Gaiman or Jeff VanderMeer then you will adore this.

Author:  Hal  Duncan