Chapter 1 The Accidental Spirits
God and the Devil
Samael was flummoxed. “I cannot fathom why you are giving up.”
“I’m not,” Adonai replied. “I am accepting our limits. Look,” he added,
“I am not comfortable about the situation, either, but let’s face it, we simply cannot engineer our way out of this one. From here on out we only set the conditions.” After a sigh and a pensive pause Adonai added, “In the end it will be up to them.”
“Up to them.” This was not what Samael wanted to hear. This was not it at all and it was, in fact, the crux of the problem between Samael and Adonai at this precise, historical moment. “Up to them?!” he shouted. Then softly he repeated the question, almost vulnerably, “Up to them?”
That day, as the co-conspirators walked along the shores of what someday later would be named the Island of Mauritius, they strove to sort out an impasse more profound than any they’d ever faced.
The area teemed with vitality. As the saltwater gently lapped upon the sand, beetles, dragonflies, crabs, and birds kept busy on the shoreline. A fresh, warm ocean breeze caressed them.
The End Description:
Afghanistan, gunfire, and a helicopter crash have left U.S. Marine Captain Francis X. O’Rourke with a big problem: it is the end for him, he is dying.
But shortly after Fran enters the afterlife rather than it being peaceful, serene or a finality, his days and nights are full of intrigue, tumult, excitement, and danger.
His new mission –should he choose to accept it– requires he depart Heaven and infiltrate Hell as a double-agent, and it requires a courageous journey of self-discovery and understanding to find the courage of his convictions.
There are people for Fran to meet, choices to make, women to love, battles to fight, and an ever-present possibility of personal annihilation. Meanwhile, throughout it all, the fate of mankind hangs in the balance.
