title: The Devil's Hummingbird: Meeting the Devil
author: Valencia, Benjamin Chavez
description: Even with the knowledge of needing a miracle to save the woman he loves, Elan Guevara captures world attention over the sacrifice of one of his own lungs. The attention draws the attention of even; Damian the Devil whom extends Elan a deal which comes in the form of Elan having to complete a life-long objective, an objective which could influence masses of people. Ironically, to complete the objective, Damian has to explain how the whole of the universe including its creations were created and why. Recently out of the United States Navy, a humbly naïve Elan Guevara settles in early 1990's, Dallas, Texas and re-unites with his street-smart brother Frank whom teaches Elan the, "Big Picture" of American civilian life. Elan Guevara and an older professional woman named Blanca; his Hummingbird, fall in love with one another and it's when Blanca, in need of a double-organ transplant that an unexpected departure from normalcy occurs. In the hospital room where Blanca lays in a coma, the Devil takes Elan Guevara into an incredible journey introducing Elan to the divine seat of a government/university world called, "Ordanturlis" where a hierarchy of Jin Potentas (Angels) and God reside. An elusive framework called the "Orda" is also introduced hence, "Why things are the way they are today. The Devil's Hummingbird: An Interview with the Devil is a fiction 58,000 word count novel that combines elements of divine mystery, political intrigue, spirituality and speculative romance. Here's the opportunity to fancy the Devil's side of the story over how and why all was created. The accompanying pre-quell novel entitled, "Chronicles of the Jin Revolution" is complete. The author is currently working on a third installment of this new divine series.