The Messenger by TM Smith
The Archangel trilogy book 1
Tentative release date August 31st 2018
For centuries Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer have worked
together, coexisting in the same universe. Gabriel chooses to remain silent and
secluded, preferring the garden in the Hall of Souls. He dances beneath the
Tree of Life, barefoot and with reckless abandon…until the day he looks into
the eyes of another angel and sees the dreams he’s kept silent mirrored
there.
Eons have passed since the moment Michael came to be the
general of the All Father’s army in heaven, the protector of mankind. Michael
has been in love with Lucifer for as long as he can remember, their
relationship second only to his bond with the All Father. But lately, Michael
has begun to notice cracks in the surface of their love, sensing that his lover
is not as angelic as he seems.
Lucifer was the All Father’s first creation, the bringer
of light, his Morning Star. He has sat to the right of the throne every day
since the dawn of time. Two things were tasked to the Archangels from the
start: put no other before the All Father, and protect the humans he cherishes.
Lucifer challenges both sacred rules. He puts his love for Michael before his
love for his creator, and he questions his creator’s wisdom when it comes to
the atrocities he has seen committed by mankind.
One will fall while two remain and grow stronger. A
battle of wills is on the horizon, and not only mankind, but the fate of all
beings will hang in the balance.
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Excerpt...
NOTE: this is an excerpt from a book that is still in the
writing process and has yet to be edited.
Prologue…
“Lu, please, don’t do this.”
Michael begged. Collapsing to his knees, he reached for Lucifer’s face, only to
have his hand knocked away. The look of love and tenderness he’d once seen in
the darker Angels silver eyes was gone, replaced with anger and hatred, the
normally shining orbs bleeding into a dull gray with pulsing coal black
slits.
“You made your choice Michael.”
Lucifer hissed, venom wrapped around each word he growled between clenched
teeth.
Standing, the pissed off Angel
shoved Michael aside, advancing on Gabriel. “You did this!” Lucifer let his
wings unfurl and the All Father gasped. An Angels wings were liken to their
limbs, an extension of their soul as much as bones and skin. Lucifer’s normally
black and silver marbled feathers loomed over him, awash in a darkness that
resembled brimstone and ash, the tips a dull, lifeless gray that matched his
now dead, slitted eyes.
In a blur of movement that none
of them expected, the dark Angel flew into the air, spinning and knocking
Gabriel off his feet with the suddenly massive appendages jutting out of his
shoulder blades. “I will destroy you Messenger. Much like you’ve done to the
love he once felt for me, only for me!”
“Enough!” The All Father’s
voice boomed, the heavens shaking, a brilliant white light momentarily blinding
all his Angels. Blinking, Gabriel stood and moved over to where Michael sat
crouched, staring up at Lucifer, confusion and pain dotting his vibrant blue
eyes. “Angel of light, my son and most trusted advisor, I beg you to stop this
madness. You know what the consequence will be.”
Lucifer glared at the All
Father, chest heaving, breathing labored, senselessly fighting against the band
of light wrapped around his middle like the sheath of a knife. “Father, please
don’t…” God raised his hand silencing Michael.
“I am sorry, Michael, but he
has made his choice which leaves me no alternative.” The band around Lucifer
tightened, the floor beneath him opening up, exposing clouds of thunder and
rain. “Star of the Morning, bringer of light, you are stripped of your titles,
your wings forfeit. You shall now be known as Satan, the serpent, the prince of
darkness.” Lucifer howled in agony as the strong coal-black feathers were
stripped away from his being. “I cast you out of heaven and forbade your
return.” The iridescent tears cascading down the All Father’s cheeks formed a
river beneath the writhing Angel.
Michael cried out, turning and
burying his face in Gabriel’s bronze robe, the silky fabric soon soaked through
with fresh, warm tears. He wrapped his arms around Michael, shielding him from
Lucifer’s violent, turbulent eyes. In the eons to come, the slow passage of
time he and Michael would face together, Gabriel would always question his role
in the events of that day. Could it have been avoided? Of course it could have,
but that would have meant walking away from the Angel that he loved second only
to the All Father.
He asked himself for the
millionth time as he held Michael’s head so he wouldn’t see the clouds open up
and swallow Lucifer, dragging him down to bowels of the earth, face a mask of
agony and pain, forever exiled to the pit and doomed to watch over and judge
only the evil of mankind… what have I done?
About The Author:
A military brat born and raised at Ft. Benning Georgia;
TM Smith is an avid reader, reviewer and writer. A Texas transplant, she now
calls DFW her home. Most days she can be found curled up with a good book, or
ticking away on her next novel.
Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and
decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, she is
passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights. Because, seriously people,
Love is Love!
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