A supernatural thriller
Because the Devil Loved Eve
What lies behind the facade of the world we see? What are the ultimate forces that move men to acts of love and hatred?
A supernatural thriller
What lies behind the facade of the world we see? What are the ultimate forces that move men to acts of love and hatred?
The Novel
A war waged against Heaven and mankind because of a desire unfulfilled. An ancient battle between the warriors of Heaven and fallen archangels. And the world onto which the war in Heaven has bled.
When a frightening nocturnal visit from an archangel curses Brooklyn assistant district attorney Reggie Barrington with the ability to see the grotesque demons that haunt mankind, he questions his sanity. Then he is arrested for a murder committed by a demon.
Escaping custody, Reggie flees to the ancient city of Hebron in search of a revelation that could herald the end of Lucifer’s reign—and the one person who can free him from the demons that plague him.
The Legend
While still a highly favored archangel, L’san saw Eve and desired her, though she was betrothed to a man. He struggled with that desire before defying the boundaries of heaven and earth to possess her.
He seduced Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, so that the light of knowledge would awaken her passions and bring her to him. For this he was banished from the Kingdom of Heaven and became Lucifer, “the light bearer.”
The answer to every “why?” mankind ever had about the root of evil.
Allegory at heart, the novel challenges accepted ideas of evil and forgiveness, desire and weakness. With unexpected turns, alternate views of biblical teachings, and seductive encounters between elegant devils and a vulnerable populace, it is an edgy read about a world just beneath our perception.
Reader Reviews
“…ethereal, occult, angelic, suspenseful, demonic, cryptic, moving, preternatural, titillating, spiritual, earthy, fantastical, psychological, thrilling, transcendent, epic…”
“…the chapters end with hurried anticipation of what is to follow, the characters seem real enough to warrant an urgent visit to Brooklyn, and the plot is impeccable. One is easily left to wonder if this story, which is so seamlessly crafted, is really a work of fiction.”
“Ms. Jacob has comfortably combined the ancient mysteries of creation with aspects of contemporaneous world phenomena in a smooth unraveling of a veritable epic that unfolds from the biblical Garden of Eden to authentic Brooklyn, from Israel to Africa, from the heavens to the earth.”
“…very graphic. I am taken by the clear description of the story and characters and you waste no time. You’re in the story from the get go.”
The Author
S. B. Jacob is a practicing attorney, author, community leader and youth empowerment coach. She was twice a finalist in the New York Law Journal’s Annual Fiction Contest, and her short stories “Prayer for Relief” and “The Bodega” were published on the Journal’s website.
As part of an international volunteer team, she spent four years helping build a lending library for the Uzommiri Study Center in Enugu, Nigeria.
Jacob brings a legal mind, spiritual eyes and a Catholic upbringing to her fiction, revealing a mystical world of saints and goblins, angels and imps that exists just over our shoulder.
Contact
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