Title: God's fires
First published: 1997
Description: The villagers of Quintas, Portugal, have confessed to Father Pessoa of seeing glowing lights in the sky, angels who lie with village women, and a virgin birth. The simpleton king, Alfonso, has also seen God fall to Earth in a ship, and has been told of its voyages through the stars. The Inquisitor-General is eager to learn more of this heresy.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Inquisition, Human-alien encounters, Church history, Portugal, fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, occult & supernatural
Places: Portugal
Time periods: Alfonso VI, 1656-1683, Afonso VI, 1656-1683
LC classification: PS3551.N727 G63 1997