To Reign in Hell

Name: To Reign in Hell
ISBN: 9780441814961

Steven Brust · 1985

To Reign in Hell is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writer Steven Brust. It deals with the revolt of angels in Heaven from a point of view that casts Satan as a sympathetic protagonist. The story follows the paths of several characters who are caught up in one manipulative angel's ambition-driven machinations. What follows is a series of miscommunications, missteps and flawed decisions that result in the cataclysmic battle between the forces of Yaweh and the hosts of Satan.

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nicwolffJun 2013
Top three: Mockingbird, by Walter Tevis; Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban; Glimpses of the Moon, by Edith Wharton
Some other favorites: The Dog Stars, by Peter Heller; To Reign In Hell, by Steven Brust; Machine Man, by Max Barry; The Dawn Patrol, by Don Winslow; The Woman, by Hank Ketchum
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telemachosApr 2010
I have no real response to the post, but the book recommendation at the end is excellent. To Reign in Hell is a great book, and even people who know Steven Brust's other work never seem to have read it. (It's a more than slightly idiosyncratic version of the fall of the angels story & back in print within the last few years, I think, after being out of print since the late 80s/early 90s.)
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