Strange Angel

by Adam P. Knave

Susie Sparrow's life has turned upside down. She's merged with Ferapont, who says he is an angel, and has dedicated her life to ridding the world of demon possessed people. Unfortunately she is also in High School. Trying to schedule fights around school, hanging out with friends and dinner with the parents might be too much for one girl with large flaming wings to handle. But don't tell her that. This volume collects all three volumes of the hit novella series as well as the original short story that started it all. As an added bonus it also contains a never before seen end story, exclusive to this volume! "Strange Angel is fun, scary, gory, action packed, and surprisingly touching... This book is highly recommended for any fans of Buffy or just good, fun, dramatic horror and fantasy." -- D.J. Kirkbride, author of SOULLESS "Knave's intense vision is packed with occult thrills. His brutal meditations on the struggle between good and evil create a fast-paced narrative bristling with gothic horror appeal. This dark action series is bound to be popular with fans of the recent surge in horror film." --John Edward Lawson, author of LAST BURN IN HELL "And even though I have repeated this time and time again, Knave is one of my favorite writers. His style is intimate and provocative, quietly humorous and always intelligent. He has this amazing ability to make you question everything you believe in, while passing you a beer and telling you a dirty joke. And never was it showcased more then in this series. That's right, people, Knave has fucking arrived!" -Kelly "Bloodymary" Perry, Horror-Web.com "If you've been missing some Buffy, but want to read something with a unique twist, the Strange Angel series of novellas by Adam P. Knave is a great joyride." - Adrienne Jones, author of BRINE

276 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2009

About the author

Adam P. Knave is an Eisner and Harvey award winning editor and writer who writes prose fiction (This Starry Deep, Stays Crunchy in Milk, Strange Angel), comics (The Once and Future Queen, Amelia Cole, Artful Daggers, stories in Titmouse Vol 2, Outlaw Territory Vol 3, and many more), as well as humor essay collections (NYCWTF, I Slept With Your Imaginary Friend) and used to write columns for sites such as thefoonote, TwoHeadedCat, Comics101, PopCultureShock, Three If By Space, and MamaPop. He worked as one of the editors of Image’s Popgun anthology, also editing many other works along the way.

Currently in Portland, OR after spending 38 years in New York City, Adam knows he should insert a joke or something attempting to be witty here at the end but is too tired to care.

Reviews

[Desdemona Gunn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic book. It reads fast, progresses fast, but appropriately so, and has fantastic characterization. Not only does nearly every primary character feel unique, but their voice alone has a way of telling you who's talking without having to say "he said" or "she said." The dialog is delightfully Joss Whedon-esque, almost as though I was watching a story in the Buffy-verse. Quick quips, back-and-forths that just work, and a sense of awkward realism cloaked in a fog of comic-like writing.
Knave has a way with words that so many authors fight to grasp, just letting words seem to flow naturally with very few hangups. Save for some errors in the last half, the whole book is polished fairly well. I'd suggest this to anyone without hangups regarding language or mutilation. Nothing drawn out, overly-visceral, or enough to act up a gag reflex. Just enough to inform. Well worth a read.
SPOILER PARAGRAPH: Switching from third-person to first-person to an entirely separate first-person words perfectly, and at the first switch, it worked so damn well it painted a stupid grin on my face. Oddly, the only hang-ups I had in the book were a short ways after the first PoV switch, adjusting to Cross being a character, but it lasted only a short while. In fact, in reference to the characterization, the switch to Cross was brilliant due to how the voice completely shifted. The voice of Susie really did cease to be and was replaced by a new person, which was completely evident. A well done hook.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I give you an Amazon review:

This book f*cken rocks!!!!

With the exception of a few grammar issues, this novella kicked ass. I give it 4.5. Go Buy It!!!

[Susan Treat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book