Pulling the Wings Off Angels - by K J Parker (Paperback)

About the Book

"Long ago, a wealthy man stole an angel and hid her in a chapel, where she remains imprisoned to this day. That's the legend, anyway. A clerical student who's racked up gambling debts to a local gangster is given an ultimatum--deliver the angel his grandfather kidnapped, or forfeit various body parts in payment. And so begins a whirlwind theological paradox--with the student at its center--in which the stakes are the necessity of God, the existence of destiny--and the nature of angels."--Amazon.

Book Synopsis

Pulling the Wings Off Angels is a madcap adventure brimming with the ethical quandaries and sardonic wit of The Good Place by World Fantasy Award-winning author K. J. Parker

Long ago, a wealthy man stole an angel and hid her in a chapel, where she remains imprisoned to this day.

That's the legend, anyway.

A clerical student who's racked up gambling debts to a local gangster is given an ultimatum--deliver the angel his grandfather kidnapped, or forfeit various body parts in payment.

And so begins a whirlwind theological paradox--with the student at its center--in which the stakes are the necessity of God, the existence of destiny--and the nature of angels.

Also by K. J. Parker
Inside Man
Prosper's Demon
The Devil You Know
The Last Witness

Review Quotes

Praise for Prosper's Demon:

"As if Deadpool had slipped into the body of the Witcher Geralt." --The New York Times

"Rich with spiky ideas and with Parker's inimitable and always entertaining voice." --Locus

"A fresh take on the well-trod demonic possession trope...[that] will draw in fans of dark speculative fiction, especially admirers of Martha Wells and Grady Hendrix."--Library Journal

About the Author

Having worked in journalism, numismatics, and the law, K.J. Parker now writes for a precarious living. He is the author of Devices and Desires, Evil for Evil, The Devil You Know, and other novels. K. J. Parker also writes under the name Tom Holt, and has won the World Fantasy Award twice.