First published 2008
Kiriel has spent eternity performing Hell's most degrading tasks, earning nothing but contempt from his superiors. Fed up with his thankless existence, the fallen angel makes a desperate escape. He slips into the body of Shaun, a seventeen-year-old high school student, and suddenly finds himself navigating teenage life on Earth. But inhabiting human flesh brings unexpected challenges. Shaun's parents notice their son acting strangely. His friends wonder why he seems like a different person entirely. Meanwhile, Kiriel discovers that being human involves complications he never anticipated. He must learn to operate in a world of homework, family dinners, and social hierarchies while hiding his true nature. As he experiences human emotions and relationships for the first time, Kiriel begins to question everything he thought he knew about good, evil, and what it means to truly belong somewhere.
Genres: fiction, fantasy, supernatural, contemporary, adolescence, angels
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
249 pages · Hardcover · Thorndike Pr
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness