In a tale set against a backdrop of plague-ridden, fourteenth-century Europe, Brother Thomas Neville is commanded by the Archangel Michael to stop the minions of Satan, who would take over the world as part of a larger plan to attack Heaven.

Douglass combines powerful storytelling with meticulous historical research and presents a unique take on the ageless battle between the forces of heaven and hell.

they teeter on the edge of hell, the select priests who do the will of the angels...Reveal this secret to any other, and you can be sure that the angels themselves will ensure your death 㟓o each single priest named by the angels has been told before being entrusted with the horrifying responsibility. these priests have made the lone journey to the Cleft, there to perform certain duties ... incantations to ensure that the spawn of angels and humans do not wreak havoc on earth. Wynkyn de Worde has undertaken the journey from Rome to Nuremberg over one hundred times, but now the plague ravages Europe, and this time his health, too, fails. A visitation from the Archangel Michael ensures that another will follow Wynkyn, but in the decade between succession, will the godless fill the land ...

Set during the 14th century as the Black Plague ravages Europe, this first installment of an epic trilogy combines powerful storytelling with meticulous historical research and presents a unique take on the ageless battle between the forces of heaven and hell.