num_pages: 274
description: Anne Rice returns to the mesmerizing storytelling that has captivated readers for more than three decades in a tale of unceasing suspense set in time pasta metaphysical thriller about angels and assassins.The novel opens in the present. At its center: Toby ODarea contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again. A soulless soul a dead man walking he lives under a series of aliasesjust now: Lucky the Foxand takes his orders from The Right Man.Into ODares nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions comes a mysterious stranger a seraph who offers him a chance to save rather than destroy lives. ODare who long ago dreamt of being a priest but instead came to embody danger and violence seizes his chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century England to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews where children suddenly die or disappear . . . In this primitive setting ODare begins his perilous quest for salvation a journey of danger and flight loyalty and betrayal selflessness and love.
language: English
title: Angel Time
publisher: Knopf