Book Review: Isaac by P.H. Dillard

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Should an angel kill an innocent human, he or she is castout of Heaven forever and forced to roam the Earth as a vampire. Isaac is onesuch creature, and the most powerful of his kind. Aside from thefar-from-angelic life he now has to deal with, and the sudden return of his ex-loverAshara, he is also handed the burden of saving the world. When a rebel group ofvampires concocts a scheme to free the angel Lucifer from Hell, so they can getback into Heaven, it is up to Isaac to stop them. If he can't, does he havewhat it takes to kill the devil? 
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REVIEW:
There is an ancient myth about the how Satan, Satan-Sataniel,Samael, Iblis, Morning Star, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Belial, or just theplain old Devil came into existence. Satan-Sataniel was determined to build athrone high above the clouds, and god found this to resemble his own powers, sohe cast Satan out along with his followers, and god cursed them to continuallyfly above the abyss. Along with this story, in the book of Enoch, god sentangels to earth to help mankind. While the angels were there, they werecorrupted by the men of clay, and god cast many of these angels out of heaven.Some of them were damned to walk the earth, and others were cast into theabyss.
P.H. Dillard took inspiration from these stories when hewrote Isaac. In Dillard's book, Isaac was the second angel god created, justafter Morning Star. For an eternity, Issac and Lucy (Morning Star) were theonly two angels, and the love that grew between them was like no other.
Over time, god created a league of angels with the purposeto help mankind. Since man is born into sin - and sin is in his blood - angleswhere sent to earth to filter the evil from humans - by drinking it. Yes, youread that right, angels drink blood.
God only bestowed on them one rule: never kill a human. Ifan angel were to kill a human – regardless if by accident – they would be castout of heaven, and force to roam the earth with an insatiable hunger. Theywould become vampires, lose their celestial powers, and be unable to contact orcommunicate with other angels.   
Some of these fallen have seemed to accepted their new fate,other are desperately trying to find a way for god to forgive them, and thenthere is coven that believes that they have a loophole that will allow themback in. This loophole could prove to be disastrous for heaven, earth, theabyss, and Isaac.
I thought the pacing of Isaac was fast, but it fit thestory, which is action-packed from beginning to end. I only wished the storywas longer, and it ended with what made me think there may be more. Overall Ithink P.H. Dillard did a fine job of taking this legend and making it his own. 

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