Angelwalk

Angelwalk #1

by Roger Elwood

When it comes to heaven and earth, God and Lucifer, Darien is a little confused. He tries to understand how such a great, loving, understanding, and forgiveful creator can strike someone to Hell and let them rule earth and not give them a second chance. Lucifer (Satan) was once the friend of Darien and he cannot believe that he could be so evil like everyone says, maybe Lucifer just doesn't know what is going on.

In order to show Darien just exactly how Lucifer is, God decides that Darien should see it for himself. He does this by sending him to earth and letting him choose for himself whether or not God made the right choice and who to choose for his master.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Christian, Angels, Fantasy

189 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1988

About the author

Roger Elwood was an American science fiction writer and editor, perhaps best known for having edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers in the early 1970s. Elwood was also the founding editor of Laser Books and, in more recent years, worked in the evangelical Christian market.

Reviews

[Kara · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is ridiculous. A thin plot line to serve as an excuse for the author to get on several soapboxes. Absolutely laughable!

[Jessica]

What an interesting premise. An angel who was friends with Lucifer before he was banished from heaven goes to bat for him with God. So God tells the angel to see what Lucifer has done on the earth and if it isn’t all that bad then God agrees to allow Lucifer to return.

When my friend told me she was reading this, I immediately went to my library and put it on order. I absolutely adored Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness and the way it depicts the spirit world alongside the human world. I found it both fascinating and eye-opening (even though its fiction.)

But this was different.

Perhaps it was the timing with which I began reading it—when Covid19 pandemic broke out and the whole work was chaotic—that I couldn’t get through it. Or maybe it was simply how the focus was on the disgusting parts of humanity—the parts that literally made my stomach queasy (and I’m not a super sensitive reader). I just could finish it. Maybe I’ll pick it back up and give it another try when I’m in a mood for something dark. But then again maybe not.

Dnf 55%

[Tamcamry · Rating 4 out of 5]

• One of the descriptions on the cover of the book is that this book is beautifully brutal in its depictions of the havoc Lucifer and his demons have wrought. That is very true. There were points in this book that I felt physically ill, but there were also parts that I could almost feel real joy for these fictional characters. Elwood’s descriptions of Heaven were very moving. His interactions with the various demons were very poignant. I remember that this book was something that I liked the first time I read it, but that I really didn’t understand the nuance of it. I see the message that Satan is what he is and always will be, but also that God is what he is, and always will be as well.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

you can only compare this to the screwtape letters to understand how much more open and loving lewis is than elwood. i read this book with an open mind. i truly wanted to love this book b/c i loved the idea so much. but i found the author extremely fundamental in his beliefs and much of the stories not believable...especially the bomb and speech part. i was soooo hopeful when i read the synopsis of this story and to say i was disappointed in the text is putting it lightly. all in all, it's a very easy read and i finished it in a day.

[Kevin Orth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not very impressed just a few pages in. Talk about countering "the tide of paganism which is sweeping through the West". Talk about antichrist and such. Obviously the they have no familiarity with earth-based religion which has no connection or association Lucifer.

If you are looking for an incredibly written, well researched, insightful read similar to this topic I highly recommend Anne Rice's Memnoch The Devil. Even though it isn't necessarily a Christian novel, the principles are consistent with Christian perspecitves.

[Ann-maree · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book. From the very beginning I loved the idea of writing a story in an almost-fallen angel's point of view, and his struggle with doubts, insecurities and his love for his creator.

There's trouble in Paradise. The angel Darien believes Lucifer shouldn't have been thrown out of Heaven. God's answer is to let him go to earth and see for himself what Lucifer has been up to. What Darien finds both fascinates and repulses him. At last, like us, he must choose between good and evil--while Heaven and Hell hang in the balance.

"Angelwalk is a profound work of genius. I was really shattered by it. A magnificent, marvelous book that is truly unforgettable, with a description of Hell so vivid and terrifying that no one who reads it can remain unmoved and unaffected." --Marjorie Holmes, author of Two from Galilee

"Angelwalk is beautifully brutal. One minute I was smiling at a deft phrase, and the next minute I was weeping. I couldn't help it. This book is like a lovely spider's web--made out of steel cables, charged with high voltage." --Warren W. Wiersbe

"Angelwalk is one of the most controversial Christian books of this century. Read it and you'll never be the same again. Roger Elwood has brilliantly woven an impassioned, heartrending story." --Joan Winmill Brown, author and actress

"A striking work!" Reminiscent of The Screwtape Letters and Pilgrim's Progress." --Bookstore Journal

"Wonderful... I have never before read anything quite like Angelwalk. I think it may be the most unique Christian book published in my lifetime. It deserves to be one of the abiding classics, and I think that is how it will be judged over the years." --Paul Schumacher, noted gospel singer

"Seldom have power and sentiment come together so successfully. Remarkable insight into spiritual warfare. Compares in style to Lewis' Screwtape Letters." --Zondervan Family Bookstores.

"Roger Elwood comes as close to duplicating Lewis's achievement as any recent writer has." --Harold Lindsell

All in all it was a good book. I enjoyed reading it, and I connected with the character of Darien as he quested through the world to find answers to his lack of faith.

[Zee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darien, an angel, is sent to Earth an an observer to be the judge whether his former friend Lucifer should be forgiven and allowed back into Heaven instead of suffer the unimaginable horrors of hell. Being an angel, he can move through time and space easily, so he travels a lot.

I have read this book countless times. It's a quick read because it's personal... but it's not the easiest read since there are events described that are just hard to come to terms with.

However, I highly recommend this book.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hadn't read it since I was much younger, and was afraid it wouldn't age well. I was right. It's a heavy-handed sermon thinly veiled with a plot. If you agree with his point, you feel gut-punched repeatdly; if you disagree... well, if you hadn't stopped reading, his sermon probably wouldn't have changed your views. It's sad really: with better plotting and less heavyhandedness, it had potential as a concept.

[Lachelle Saieh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have always loved this book. It is about an angel that doesn't understand why God cast Satan out of heaven. So God gives this angel a chance to see for himself just why. What comes to follow is an eye opener for him.

[Wendy Simmons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. Very very moving in parts, I really recomend this book!

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Freakin' intense!

[Scott N. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book with echos of Frank Peretti's style of writing.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was an awesome book! I cried and got a good look at what this world is like and what God truly desires for us.

[Leslie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't enjoy this book. It spoke some truth but it did it in a way that just sucker punched you with each and every chapter and there wasn't much of a plot to the story.

[Jamie Nero · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wish I could give this book zero stars. It is utterly ableist, homophobic, anti-intellectual, and promotes a dangerous rhetoric that can best be described as endorsing a cult.

[Allison N Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those books that comes to you when you least expect it. As a Catholic, I've had ups and downs with my faith, as most people have. This book does a very good job addressing many of the most common doubts and questions surrounding my faith, and while I'm still not 100% sure about some of the answers, I think most of them hit the nail on the head. I'd recommend this book to anyone, not just Christians. Read it with an open mind. Even if you disagree with every single thing in it, I hope the main message gets through... God loves all of us (even those who don't love him) and is always willing to forgive. We should do our best to do the same.

[Elkaza · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting and quick read for me, reading it within only a few hours. Loved the themes and concepts of this book. But, being a Catholic, I couldn’t support all the theology in the book, as you have to work being a Christian, and what the judgments, when the souls departed?
And, I know it’s a very silly question, but bugged me, while reading it, why did all the families, only have 2 children?

Anyway, a great book, about the debates what is good and what is evil? Why does God allow suffering, and of Satan’s role upon the earth.

[Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was fantastic. It was extremely thought provoking and insightful. If you are a Christian, you will definitely appreciate and love this novel. The author has a definite knack for writing about spiritual topics. I'm now reading Fallen Angel, the second book in this trilogy!

[Dakota Jennings-Israel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book very much. It has a unique perspective and story line. Short but good read, some difficult things to read because real life events are exposed and talked about.
I am definitely going to read the series.

[Faye Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book. Well written. A powerful look at the way society is destroyed by sin, by those who look the other way when they see sin, and the powerful addiction of sin.

[Gail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly, doctrinaly sound.

[Michael Otto · Rating 4 out of 5]

As best I remember it's about what angels do in their ministry .

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting story of an angel who surveys the evils of demons and humankind in order to determine for himself whether Lucifer's judgment was just. Fast-paced, with interesting characters.

[Patience Nyamai · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Johnny Bennett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Roger Elwood writes this story about Darien, an angel who has to choose between falling with Satan or staying with God in heaven. Darien is given the option of walking through human history and seeing if God's creation was better before or after the fall. For a book about an angel judging the earth, it is hard to not find this book judgmental. Most non Christians wouldn't slog through this to get to the redemption story buried in the ending. And the point of the book appears to be evangelistic. So if your target audience can't or won't make it to the main point you are trying to make, is it a good book?

[marinytha Carmen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es una novela excelente para aquellos que buscan respuesta del porque suceden cosas malas en la tierra. Lo recomiendo en lo absoluto. Me conmovió mucho después de leerlo es inolvidable. Partes en las que te hace llorar y otras te hacen enojar por la injusticia que se vive a diario toca tu corazón y luego de leerlo ya no seras el mismo de antes.

[Karen Klein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this book - It was written in 1988 but it is still completely relevant today. It really doesn't read like a fiction novel either. If you are a believer, just read it and you'll see what I mean.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing look on what it would be like to be an angle in heaven sent back down to earth...complex...intriguing!!!

[Bridgette · Rating 4 out of 5]

why do bad things happen and why does God let them? This book shifts lanes quickly but in the end it provides a satisfactory answer to the questions above..at least it did for me.

[Bandita · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing. I love it. A lot. And am quite disappointed that I don't own it. Someday, I guess.