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Death's Angel
Death’s plan for revenge is derailed by his lust for one of the Creator’s angels.
Being second to Michael has never sat well with Allerio. Feeling slighted, he travels beyond the heavens, meeting a creature who informs him of his Father’s secrets. With curiosities niggling him, he challenges his god, seeking freedom from stringent rules. Though the prize might look wonderful on the surface, it comes with a heavy price the angel will bear for eternity.
Death’s banishment was only the beginning of his descent. Since then, he’s concocted a scheme to overthrow the highest being, proving him to be a liar. Although confident his plot will succeed, he convinces one of High’s top helpers to assist him. However, Death never intended for feelings of affection to consume him. Suddenly wrecking God’s perfection isn’t as important anymore.
Two gods join forces and become bonded in more ways than one. Can they overcome their emotions to achieve their ultimate goal?
Death’s Angel is the prequel story to Immortals, chronicling the very beginning of Lucifer’s ascent as the god of the third and fourth planes. This story involves male pregnancy and mating.
Warning: On page violence, extreme torture, and death. Look inside for further triggers.
Being second to Michael has never sat well with Allerio. Feeling slighted, he travels beyond the heavens, meeting a creature who informs him of his Father’s secrets. With curiosities niggling him, he challenges his god, seeking freedom from stringent rules. Though the prize might look wonderful on the surface, it comes with a heavy price the angel will bear for eternity.
Death’s banishment was only the beginning of his descent. Since then, he’s concocted a scheme to overthrow the highest being, proving him to be a liar. Although confident his plot will succeed, he convinces one of High’s top helpers to assist him. However, Death never intended for feelings of affection to consume him. Suddenly wrecking God’s perfection isn’t as important anymore.
Two gods join forces and become bonded in more ways than one. Can they overcome their emotions to achieve their ultimate goal?
Death’s Angel is the prequel story to Immortals, chronicling the very beginning of Lucifer’s ascent as the god of the third and fourth planes. This story involves male pregnancy and mating.
Warning: On page violence, extreme torture, and death. Look inside for further triggers.
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159 pages, ebook
Published July 5, 2019
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Michael Mandrake
57 books181 followersMichael Mandrake pens complex characters already comfortable with their sexuality. Through these, he builds worlds not centered on romance but rather the mainstream and/or obscure plots we might encounter in everyday life and beyond. To find out more please visit https://michaelmandrake.wordpress.com/
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July 19, 2019
Maybe take note of the warnings, this isn’t a story for the faint of heart!
Personally, I love dark, ravaging stories. The darker the better. This one didn’t disappoint!!
Allerio is a beautiful Angel with high self-esteem. He is convinced about the fact he is the equivalent to High.
High is the creator of goodness, light, and nature. Allerio knows there is more behind the horizon, and hates that High keeps it secret.
After Allerio meets Death, who tells him he should be his own God with worshipers and all the secrets should be revealed, Allerio openly revolts against High. High throws him out of his heaven.
Death and Allerio will create an army of followers, to stand up against High.
It looks like Death is the ideal ruler and both of them together means intimate dark power.
Allerio’s mate Caprios who followed him into the dark side, wants his mate to be the god of the underworld and not one with a shared title with Death.
Allerio has one longing, a family, a child of his own. Caprios refuses to give him this.
When Death feels the hurt of Allerio, his black ‘heart’ does strange things.
With Caprios mocking Death, Allerio is conflicted.
This story is told from Death and Allerio’s point of view. Through their eyes, we meet the dark side. We see how they feed, how they can destroy and have great power. Death can materialize into something tangible and that is stunning!
The contrast of High and Death is visual and palpable from every angle.
The line between good and evil is thin.
A fabulously written fantasy, with the most extraordinary creatures. The way everything was described gave an excellent view of every aspect. I loved the vulnerability of both dark and light characters.
Death’s Angel was one of a kind. Together they were almost invincible. The sexuality was extreme, reaching both the dark hardcore and sweet endearing levels. It had a strong sharpness and passion, very enjoyable to watch!
The many opposites were tremendously written, we meet the creative and destructive side of the powerful creatures. We meet the intriguing, the manipulator, the pacificator, hate and love, chaos and order, the dark and blue skies.
A reassurance: you can find love and compassion on both sides.
This was quite a challenge for me. To read and try to get rid of all biased ideas and knowledge.
Personally, I love dark, ravaging stories. The darker the better. This one didn’t disappoint!!
Allerio is a beautiful Angel with high self-esteem. He is convinced about the fact he is the equivalent to High.
High is the creator of goodness, light, and nature. Allerio knows there is more behind the horizon, and hates that High keeps it secret.
After Allerio meets Death, who tells him he should be his own God with worshipers and all the secrets should be revealed, Allerio openly revolts against High. High throws him out of his heaven.
Death and Allerio will create an army of followers, to stand up against High.
It looks like Death is the ideal ruler and both of them together means intimate dark power.
Allerio’s mate Caprios who followed him into the dark side, wants his mate to be the god of the underworld and not one with a shared title with Death.
Allerio has one longing, a family, a child of his own. Caprios refuses to give him this.
When Death feels the hurt of Allerio, his black ‘heart’ does strange things.
With Caprios mocking Death, Allerio is conflicted.
This story is told from Death and Allerio’s point of view. Through their eyes, we meet the dark side. We see how they feed, how they can destroy and have great power. Death can materialize into something tangible and that is stunning!
The contrast of High and Death is visual and palpable from every angle.
The line between good and evil is thin.
A fabulously written fantasy, with the most extraordinary creatures. The way everything was described gave an excellent view of every aspect. I loved the vulnerability of both dark and light characters.
Death’s Angel was one of a kind. Together they were almost invincible. The sexuality was extreme, reaching both the dark hardcore and sweet endearing levels. It had a strong sharpness and passion, very enjoyable to watch!
The many opposites were tremendously written, we meet the creative and destructive side of the powerful creatures. We meet the intriguing, the manipulator, the pacificator, hate and love, chaos and order, the dark and blue skies.
A reassurance: you can find love and compassion on both sides.
This was quite a challenge for me. To read and try to get rid of all biased ideas and knowledge.
July 5, 2019
Ok folks. Please, please note the warning at the bottom of the blurb. This book is not for the faint of heart. It is a dark story. It's told from Lucifer and Death's perspectives and at times, it's not a pretty picture. Of course, when dealing with the Death (Grim Reaper) and the Prince of Darkness (Lucifer), things tend to get a little chaotic and dark. It's one hell of a book, though. One hell of a book.
It's of course, the good vs evil thing going on, BUT, this time it's told from Death and Lucifer's perspectives. As I said earlier. And I love the take on this. Even being considered the most evil of beings, both of them, they both show a capacity for compassion and yes, love. Of course, love comes in different forms. Their relationship is more of a BDSM thing. Which is part of the trigger thing, btw.
But it starts out with Allerio(Lucifer) being unhappy. He was second in charge in heaven. Michael the only one with a rank like his. But lately Michael and High were working on something and Allerio was tired of being left out. He wanted to know more. He wanted people to bow to him. Be a god himself. And one day he set out to discover and did. And what he discovers completely changed the course of his life. He met Death. A part of High. He saw things. Learned things. And questioned. Which ended in him and those who wanted to follow him, down to hell or other dimensions. Death has been teaching him, though, and Lucifer is a force to be reckoned with. But something he yearns for is making him weak. And Death learned his feelings for Lucifer were making him weak. Or were they? Joined together, they could be unstoppable. But there's a few twists in this plot, that almost destroy Lucifer on a level of hell of its own. And there may be no coming back from it.
I don't know about most of you, but I was raised in church where Lucifer is always the bad guy and yadda yadda yadda. Which is fine and dandy in however you believe. But in this story, you get to see that side of him, of course. The search for power, the desire to be worshipped and be a god, etc. But you also get to see a side to him that actually makes you feel sorry for him. I actually cried.. ugly cried for him in this book. The one thing he has always wanted, even more than power, was stripped away twice! And you have to read to find out what. But it almost killed him. And it broke me. The grief…..
But I felt for Death too. Being as high up and High, he could destroy things at whim. But Lucifer got under his skin somehow. Which was odd for him. Especially considering he was literally, just bones. But something about Lucifer called to him and he finally had to admit what he was feeling.
It's a very dark, yet odd, but so good book. Odd in the sense, that it's hard to picture Death or Lucifer as anything but ….demons lol. But man, worth reading every page.
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It's of course, the good vs evil thing going on, BUT, this time it's told from Death and Lucifer's perspectives. As I said earlier. And I love the take on this. Even being considered the most evil of beings, both of them, they both show a capacity for compassion and yes, love. Of course, love comes in different forms. Their relationship is more of a BDSM thing. Which is part of the trigger thing, btw.
But it starts out with Allerio(Lucifer) being unhappy. He was second in charge in heaven. Michael the only one with a rank like his. But lately Michael and High were working on something and Allerio was tired of being left out. He wanted to know more. He wanted people to bow to him. Be a god himself. And one day he set out to discover and did. And what he discovers completely changed the course of his life. He met Death. A part of High. He saw things. Learned things. And questioned. Which ended in him and those who wanted to follow him, down to hell or other dimensions. Death has been teaching him, though, and Lucifer is a force to be reckoned with. But something he yearns for is making him weak. And Death learned his feelings for Lucifer were making him weak. Or were they? Joined together, they could be unstoppable. But there's a few twists in this plot, that almost destroy Lucifer on a level of hell of its own. And there may be no coming back from it.
I don't know about most of you, but I was raised in church where Lucifer is always the bad guy and yadda yadda yadda. Which is fine and dandy in however you believe. But in this story, you get to see that side of him, of course. The search for power, the desire to be worshipped and be a god, etc. But you also get to see a side to him that actually makes you feel sorry for him. I actually cried.. ugly cried for him in this book. The one thing he has always wanted, even more than power, was stripped away twice! And you have to read to find out what. But it almost killed him. And it broke me. The grief…..
But I felt for Death too. Being as high up and High, he could destroy things at whim. But Lucifer got under his skin somehow. Which was odd for him. Especially considering he was literally, just bones. But something about Lucifer called to him and he finally had to admit what he was feeling.
It's a very dark, yet odd, but so good book. Odd in the sense, that it's hard to picture Death or Lucifer as anything but ….demons lol. But man, worth reading every page.
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September 3, 2019
A Joyfully Jay review.
3 stars
From the blurb, I was prepared for the romantic/erotic aspects to take precedence over the paranormal ones, however, the way the story came together as a whole just didn’t work for me. While I give Mandrake props for creative use of the mythology and paranormal elements, by about halfway into the story, it mostly felt like window dressing. It’s like when you go see a play with a great set design or a movie with well-done costuming and lighting, but the narrative—the meat and heart of what you came for—just doesn’t pull you in. While I feel like I know what the book was trying to do—tell a compelling story about how love and connection is possible even in the darkest of souls and that the love between parent and child is unbreakable no matter what choices they make—it just didn’t hit the mark for me.
Read Jovan’s review in its entirety here.
3 stars
From the blurb, I was prepared for the romantic/erotic aspects to take precedence over the paranormal ones, however, the way the story came together as a whole just didn’t work for me. While I give Mandrake props for creative use of the mythology and paranormal elements, by about halfway into the story, it mostly felt like window dressing. It’s like when you go see a play with a great set design or a movie with well-done costuming and lighting, but the narrative—the meat and heart of what you came for—just doesn’t pull you in. While I feel like I know what the book was trying to do—tell a compelling story about how love and connection is possible even in the darkest of souls and that the love between parent and child is unbreakable no matter what choices they make—it just didn’t hit the mark for me.
Read Jovan’s review in its entirety here.
July 13, 2019
Michael Mandrake has made such an amazing read that I just couldn't stop reading. Death and Allerio (Lucifer) story is just so dark and raw. I just can't get over how amazing this world that Michael Mandrake has build. The characters and storyline is just something that pulls you in and doesn't want to let go.
July 12, 2019
On this one honestly I did something I don’t usually do; I went by the cover alone. I am absolutely in no way sorry I did that this book was so stunning I found myself at the end before I realized how much time had passed. I cannot wait to see if more comes from this. Grab this one now.
July 5, 2019
What do you get when talented author Michael Mandrake writes a totally awesome tale about what happens when Death and Lucifer (Allerio) conspire to overthrow God? Well, you get a fantastic, powerful, raw, gritty, gripping, no-holds-barred, in your face, deliciously dark, delightfully decadent, emotionally charged, unexpected, and five alarm smoking hot story. I absolutely LOVED this marvelous masterpiece where nothing is what it appears to be, and love and lust have the power to stop revenge in its tracks. It's guaranteed to pull you in from the very first page, and keep you hooked from beginning to end. I highly recommend postponing any plans you might have because once you start reading, you won't be able to put it down.
August 11, 2019
Love can conquer any heart, even Death's
What a remarkable take on Lucifer's fall from grace. I was pulled in from the start. I wanted to see what happened next. Here, Lucifer's fall from grace was his choice. That High allowed it, is another thing. The interplay between Lucifer and Death, watching them find love, trying to have a "normal" life with a family, puts a whole new spin on their relationship. I loved this book.
This book has many scenes that may disturb you. There is violence, torture, betrayal, death, and heartache. But you must remember, Death eats souls. He thrives on chaos. Lucifer longs for his Master's love. The physical as well as the mental connection. Death's solution leaves Lucifer reeling.
There is happiness, as much as can be expected , and forever. But we are talking about Death and Lucifer. Their happiness is far different than ours. But no less valid.
Take a chance. Get this book. Keep reading. You will be glad you did.
This book contains adult themes and language, violence, mm sex, and is intended for mature readers only.
What a remarkable take on Lucifer's fall from grace. I was pulled in from the start. I wanted to see what happened next. Here, Lucifer's fall from grace was his choice. That High allowed it, is another thing. The interplay between Lucifer and Death, watching them find love, trying to have a "normal" life with a family, puts a whole new spin on their relationship. I loved this book.
This book has many scenes that may disturb you. There is violence, torture, betrayal, death, and heartache. But you must remember, Death eats souls. He thrives on chaos. Lucifer longs for his Master's love. The physical as well as the mental connection. Death's solution leaves Lucifer reeling.
There is happiness, as much as can be expected , and forever. But we are talking about Death and Lucifer. Their happiness is far different than ours. But no less valid.
Take a chance. Get this book. Keep reading. You will be glad you did.
This book contains adult themes and language, violence, mm sex, and is intended for mature readers only.
October 18, 2019
This really did not work for me. There's probably a decent story in here somewhere, but I found myself put off from the very beginning with the voicing of the main character. Telling stories in first person can be challenging, and when you don't give the reader a chance to acclimate to a completely over-the-top character, it's hard to find ways to identify with/root for/care about the character at all. If I hadn't decided to read it for a challenge, I likely would have just put it down after the first few pages, to be honest...
August 11, 2019
This was such an intriguing storyline, Death leads Allerio (Lucifer) down the Primrose Path as a means to an end but he never foresaw the feelings to come. Darkness and violence permeates throughout, the engaging characters and fresh storyline made for a very enjoyable read.
All in all a great series prequel.
*I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book*
All in all a great series prequel.
*I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book*
July 15, 2019
very very good.. good story... fast paced.. interesting storyline.. amazing characters.. plus this was a dark read which can be a lot of fun. haha. so many spots i was left shocked because i thought it was going another way. loved it
December 2, 2022
A Joyfully Jay review
As Most High’s second created angel, whose claim to fame is perfection, Allerio is less than pleased when High leaves him out of his newest plans. Driven by his own curiosity, sense of superiority, and need to break free of the restrictions High has placed upon his angels without explanation, Allerio pierces the boundary of his world and finds knowledge through Death—a knowledge that offers him the freedom and ascension to godhood he craves, but at the cost of becoming a demon.
Banished and given the new moniker, Lucifer, he and Death are now pledged as immortal enemies of High and gods of the Underworld, with Death as the true god and mastermind and Lucifer his figurehead and servant. However, in the course of building their armies by creating various supernatural beings, wreaking havoc on Earth and throughout the universe, and reveling in undermining High’s will, Lucifer and Death each grapple with the “weakness” of emotions. For Lucifer, his unwavering, desperate desire to bear a child and have a family and for Death, the incomprehensible love he has for Lucifer, even though Death is a being born of hatred and rage.
I read Death’s Angel for the New-to-Me Author Week for our Reading Challenge Month because I like paranormal stories, and I am drawn to works that seem to incorporate apocryphal/Christian mythology. From the blurb, I was prepared for the romantic/erotic aspects to take precedence over the paranormal ones, however, the way the story came together as a whole just didn’t work for me. While I give Mandrake props for creative use of the mythology and paranormal elements, by about halfway into the story, it mostly felt like window dressing. It’s like when you go see a play with a great set design or a movie with well-done costuming and lighting, but the narrative—the meat and heart of what you came for—just doesn’t pull you in. While I feel like I know what the book was trying to do—tell a compelling story about how love and connection is possible even in the darkest of souls and that the love between parent and child is unbreakable no matter what choices they make—it just didn’t hit the mark for me.
One of the main reasons is that, unfortunately, the book suffers from one of my major pet peeves—multiple grammatical/editorial errors. It immediately pulls me out of a story when this happens several times on a page. My brain stops being engaged in the story because I’m trying to figure out what is actually being conveyed or said, especially when the narrative is trying to make spiritual points. This is compounded by the dialogue feeling a bit stiff and often dramatic as well. If the story is working for me in other ways, it doesn’t bother me so much, but as Death’s Angel progressed, Lucifer’s story arc becomes focused on his childlessness in an artificial and unsatisfactory manner for me. While it should have added depth to the character and made him more sympathetic, the writing style, and this all-consuming yearning that seems to materialize out of nowhere, such that that one minute Lucifer is evil-monologuing with the best of them about his ultimate quest to become more revered than High to suddenly sobbing and building his own army as surrogate children for his barren womb “because otherwise there [is] nothing else,” left me feeling like an MC angst bomb had been dropped on me in order to compel me to connect with the character instead of the narrative organically bringing me there.
As Death put it:
“Lucifer was so desperate for a family, he was willing to create one.
What a sap!”
And frankly, I couldn’t disagree with him because Luci’s empty womb and then empty nest becomes the story, and Death and Lucifer’s relationship with paranormal/Christian set-pieces thrown in just weren’t enough to make it interesting to me. Moreover, once Luci and Death get together in their abrupt and very Death appropriate way, the narrative basically shoots into emotional overdrive, including sadomasochistic sex (without the pesky human elements), mpreg, nursery shopping, grief, and immortal stalemate/life lessons.
Until I read Death’s Angel, I didn’t realize quite how many “Immortals” stories there are in this series. So, some of the lines that I feel contradict themselves or introduce interesting lore or ideas that are never built on, etc. might be more established elsewhere, and may not bother other readers. Furthermore, maybe the tone/emphasis of this book is more in keeping with Lucifer and Death’s established relationship elsewhere. Thus, for fans of Michael Mandrake and/or the Immortals series, Death’s Angel may be just what they are looking for.
As Most High’s second created angel, whose claim to fame is perfection, Allerio is less than pleased when High leaves him out of his newest plans. Driven by his own curiosity, sense of superiority, and need to break free of the restrictions High has placed upon his angels without explanation, Allerio pierces the boundary of his world and finds knowledge through Death—a knowledge that offers him the freedom and ascension to godhood he craves, but at the cost of becoming a demon.
Banished and given the new moniker, Lucifer, he and Death are now pledged as immortal enemies of High and gods of the Underworld, with Death as the true god and mastermind and Lucifer his figurehead and servant. However, in the course of building their armies by creating various supernatural beings, wreaking havoc on Earth and throughout the universe, and reveling in undermining High’s will, Lucifer and Death each grapple with the “weakness” of emotions. For Lucifer, his unwavering, desperate desire to bear a child and have a family and for Death, the incomprehensible love he has for Lucifer, even though Death is a being born of hatred and rage.
I read Death’s Angel for the New-to-Me Author Week for our Reading Challenge Month because I like paranormal stories, and I am drawn to works that seem to incorporate apocryphal/Christian mythology. From the blurb, I was prepared for the romantic/erotic aspects to take precedence over the paranormal ones, however, the way the story came together as a whole just didn’t work for me. While I give Mandrake props for creative use of the mythology and paranormal elements, by about halfway into the story, it mostly felt like window dressing. It’s like when you go see a play with a great set design or a movie with well-done costuming and lighting, but the narrative—the meat and heart of what you came for—just doesn’t pull you in. While I feel like I know what the book was trying to do—tell a compelling story about how love and connection is possible even in the darkest of souls and that the love between parent and child is unbreakable no matter what choices they make—it just didn’t hit the mark for me.
One of the main reasons is that, unfortunately, the book suffers from one of my major pet peeves—multiple grammatical/editorial errors. It immediately pulls me out of a story when this happens several times on a page. My brain stops being engaged in the story because I’m trying to figure out what is actually being conveyed or said, especially when the narrative is trying to make spiritual points. This is compounded by the dialogue feeling a bit stiff and often dramatic as well. If the story is working for me in other ways, it doesn’t bother me so much, but as Death’s Angel progressed, Lucifer’s story arc becomes focused on his childlessness in an artificial and unsatisfactory manner for me. While it should have added depth to the character and made him more sympathetic, the writing style, and this all-consuming yearning that seems to materialize out of nowhere, such that that one minute Lucifer is evil-monologuing with the best of them about his ultimate quest to become more revered than High to suddenly sobbing and building his own army as surrogate children for his barren womb “because otherwise there [is] nothing else,” left me feeling like an MC angst bomb had been dropped on me in order to compel me to connect with the character instead of the narrative organically bringing me there.
As Death put it:
“Lucifer was so desperate for a family, he was willing to create one.
What a sap!”
And frankly, I couldn’t disagree with him because Luci’s empty womb and then empty nest becomes the story, and Death and Lucifer’s relationship with paranormal/Christian set-pieces thrown in just weren’t enough to make it interesting to me. Moreover, once Luci and Death get together in their abrupt and very Death appropriate way, the narrative basically shoots into emotional overdrive, including sadomasochistic sex (without the pesky human elements), mpreg, nursery shopping, grief, and immortal stalemate/life lessons.
Until I read Death’s Angel, I didn’t realize quite how many “Immortals” stories there are in this series. So, some of the lines that I feel contradict themselves or introduce interesting lore or ideas that are never built on, etc. might be more established elsewhere, and may not bother other readers. Furthermore, maybe the tone/emphasis of this book is more in keeping with Lucifer and Death’s established relationship elsewhere. Thus, for fans of Michael Mandrake and/or the Immortals series, Death’s Angel may be just what they are looking for.
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