Böcker av Elizabeth Klein

A dystopian sci fi fantasy set in a divided world. A teenage boy wandering alone through a drought-ravaged wasteland, witnesses a fight one night between two sky-born. Against all reason, he saves the life of a badly-injured girl who is left for dead. His own desperate struggle for survival ramps up a notch when he is forcibly taken by her people to one of the great sky cities for questioning over the incident. For all its opulence, the city is not without its own problems when a series of inexplicable earthquakes strike and the outbreak of civil war forces him to flee. Yet where can he hide when the sky-born once hunted his kind? The tale evokes the best and worst in two contrasting races who must work together to solve the terrible secret behind a destructive agenda hastening the world's doom. Gripping. Intense. Sometimes dreamlike and deeply moving.

When an assassin infiltrates a secret meeting and people are killed, brothers Robbie and Dougray are plunged into a fast-paced journey of discovery. Their quest leads them to the other side of the Black Mountain, forbidden territory, where an Elf girl named Belle Song rescues them from Trolls and accompanies them. The future of their quest becomes doubtful when an enormous spider called Queen Shara captures Robbie. After a frightening battle, they manage to defeat the spider and rescue him from her lair. Through their mutual hardships, Dougray and Belle discover they have a common destiny, one that involves searching for seven lost crystals that will heal Bethloria.

Although the angels feature prominently in Augustine's works, little scholarly work has appeared on the topic. This book offers the first comprehensive account of Augustine's theology of the angels and its importance for Augustine's thought. The book is also foundational for those studying the history of Christian angelology.