Archon: The Books of Raziel

by Sabrina Benulis

Overview

Angels and demons do battle for a girl possessed by the spirit of a powerful, dead angel in this fabulous paranormal debut by Sabrina Benulis. Archon is the first of the Books of Raziel, a truly fantastic and very hip new take on heaven’s warriors that readers of the angelic novels of Danielle Trussoni, Lauren Kate, Becca Fitzpatrick, and Alexandra Adornetto are sure to adore. Archon is new wave urban fantasy, a tale of the supernatural that brilliantly blends passion, obsession, horror, and suspense in a way that will appeal to dark fantasy fans and paranormal romance readers equally. Sabrina Benulis’s angels are creepy, sexy, and totally awesome—and, like Anne Rice’s amoral, ambiguous, and addicting vampires, they will seduce and terrify you at the same time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062116901
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/06/2012
Series:	The Books of Raziel , #1
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	1,071,036
Product dimensions:	5.42(w) x 7.82(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

Sabrina Benulis lives in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania with her husband, daughter, and a spoiled but sweet cockatiel. When she isn’t writing or cooking up another story to tell, she’s learning to be Supermom. She is the author of the Books of Raziel trilogy. 

Editorial Reviews

These angels can be vindictive and cruel, more human than you might expect and oozing supernatural abilities…. If you think you have the guts to take on this novel pick it up.” — Boulder Examiner

“A dark, bold story.” — Lexington Literature Examiner

“With the first installment in her trilogy, Benulis uses lush descriptions and larger than life characters to tell the story of a battle between Heaven and Hell… I will definitely be on the lookout for the next installment in her book of Raziel series.” — Suspense Magazine

“Angela is someone I would want to be friends with, someone I would want to have in my corner. She’s out of her mind, a little, but honestly – who isn’t?” — Fictional Distraction

“Forget what you think you know and allow the book to show you a new vision of angels and demons. It’s a terrifying one, but extremely interesting.” — Sci-Fi Fan Letter

“Even when I wasn’t reading, I felt a little like I had one foot in the book and the other in reality.” — Literary Feline

“This plot is original in every way, and it resembles nothing that I have ever read before.” — The Wilkes Beacon

“In this fascinating, well written first novel, Sabrina Benulis has created a world where it’s hard to tell the demons and angels apart. Be prepared to read this one in one sitting because it’s one of those rare novels that grabs you and doesn’t let go.” — The Baryon Review

From the Publisher

A dark, bold story.

Lexington Literature Examiner

In this fascinating, well written first novel, Sabrina Benulis has created a world where it’s hard to tell the demons and angels apart. Be prepared to read this one in one sitting because it’s one of those rare novels that grabs you and doesn’t let go.

The Baryon Review

These angels can be vindictive and cruel, more human than you might expect and oozing supernatural abilities…. If you think you have the guts to take on this novel pick it up.

Boulder Examiner

With the first installment in her trilogy, Benulis uses lush descriptions and larger than life characters to tell the story of a battle between Heaven and Hell… I will definitely be on the lookout for the next installment in her book of Raziel series.

Suspense Magazine

This plot is original in every way, and it resembles nothing that I have ever read before.

The Wilkes Beacon

Even when I wasn’t reading, I felt a little like I had one foot in the book and the other in reality.

Literary Feline

Forget what you think you know and allow the book to show you a new vision of angels and demons. It’s a terrifying one, but extremely interesting.

Sci-Fi Fan Letter

Angela is someone I would want to be friends with, someone I would want to have in my corner. She’s out of her mind, a little, but honestly – who isn’t?

Fictional Distraction

Benulis’s urban fantasy debut displays stunning visual imagery and atmosphere that fail to disguise a desperately incoherent story line. Suicidal “blood head” (redhead) Angela Mathers, whose paintings depict the angels haunting her dreams, is sent to an isolated Vatican academy in the decaying, gothic city of Luz. There she is revealed as the possible Archon, container of the spirit of the dead archangel Raziel, potential destroyer of humanity, and pawn in the schemes of powerful, morally ambiguous angels. As Angela incurs the enmity of mean girl Stephanie Walsh, a witch and would-be Archon, she is drawn to Stephanie’s lover, the mysterious novice Kim, who is hiding his relationship with a murderous jinn who stalks the students. Benulis never engages emotionally with her characters, despite a dizzying series of viewpoint shifts, and the confusing, slow-to-develop plot fails to fulfill its apocalyptic promise. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly