Reviews of ANGEL TIME
"Vampires are so last year. Rice,who gave us the now-classic Interview with the Vampire, has embarked on a new series about angels. These are not sentimental Victorian angels, however. Toby O’Dare, who once studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood, is an assassin who takes orders from an unseen boss he calls “The Right Man”. The RM is basically a supernatural version of Charlie in Charlie’s Angels, and our anti-hero is about to get the strangest assignment of his career — a trip to England in the 13th century, where innocent Jews are being persecuted. Redemption is the goal, immortality the prize, but you don’t need belief to be totally gripped."
--The Times, October 31, 2009
"Full of provocative moral reflection, this kickoff to bestseller Rice’s new Song of the Seraphim religious romance series... readers will revel in Rice’s colorful recreation of the historical past and in her moving depiction of characters struggling to reconcile matters of the heart with their personal sense of faith."
— Publishers Weekly Review, August 3, 2009
"Time travel, ultraviolence and medieval madness—divine intervention rendered fantastically by Rice... With two marvelous reimaginings of the Gospels and a spiritual autobiography recently extending her range, Rice revisits the shadows of her vampire classics; now, however, with her return to Catholicism, her sinners vie for redemption... Angelically inspiring. Devilishly clever."
— Kirkus Review 2009
"Although Rice’s latest is a departure from her recent books chronicling the life of Christ, she hasn’t returned to the vampire and witches that made her famous. Instead, Rice offers a hybrid: a thrilling redemption story that incorporates religion... Readers looking either for a convincing story of faith rediscovered or simply an exciting read will be pleased by Rice’s compelling tale, and many will hope for more books featuring her fascinating and utterly sympathetic new hero.
— Kristine Huntley, Booklist
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