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Strangers and Sojourners (Children of the Last Days #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,511 ratings — published 1997
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Children of the Last Days, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,416 ratings — published 1996
Eclipse of the Sun (Children of the Last Days #3)
by (shelved 5 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.44 — 858 ratings — published 1997
Sophia House (Children of the Last Days #5)
by (shelved 5 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.41 — 920 ratings — published 2005
Plague Journal (Children of the Last Days #2)
by (shelved 5 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.24 — 874 ratings — published 1999
The Fool of New York City: A Novel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.40 — 426 ratings — published 2016
A Cry of Stone (Children of the Last Days #6)
by (shelved 4 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.45 — 406 ratings — published 2003
Elijah in Jerusalem (Children of the Last Days #7)
by (shelved 4 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,260 ratings — published 2015
Voyage to Alpha Centauri (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.19 — 759 ratings — published 2013
The Lighthouse: A Novel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.50 — 600 ratings — published
A Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 3.94 — 511 ratings — published 1994
The Father's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,939 ratings — published 2011
Island of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.71 — 2,406 ratings — published 2007
The Sabbatical: A Novel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.12 — 200 ratings — published
Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 3.89 — 82 ratings — published 2011
Apocalypse: Warning, Hope, and Consolation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.23 — 56 ratings — published
The Wisdom of Nazareth: Stories of Catholic Family Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2008
On the Edge of Infinity: A Biography of Michael D. O'Brien (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.50 — 54 ratings — published
Theophilos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as michael-o-brien)
avg rating 4.31 — 516 ratings — published 2010
“Look, Jordan, you’re not alone any more. It’s my job to protect you while I’m here and I can’t do that if you keep pushing me away.”
“That’s the problem, Michael,” I shot back. “You have more responsibilities to your boss than you do to me. You taught me how to defend myself, how to heal myself, and that should be good enough. You can’t keep babysitting one little human when you have an entire cosmos to worry about.”
He faced me again, those green eyes boring into mine as if he could see straight through me. “Are you saying you want me to leave?”
My chest tightened. I hadn’t expected him to say that. I bit my bottom lip, glancing away. “That’s not what I mean.”
“Then what do you mean?”
“Since when have I ever known what the hell I mean?”
He touched my right cheek, making me face him. “You do when it counts.”
Staring up at him, shirtless, vulnerable, and wounded, I felt like I couldn’t breathe. He had a knack for picking my walls apart brick by brick. It bothered me.
He took a step closer, casting a shadow over me.
“Stop,” I mumbled, fixing my eyes on the floor. He brushed a lock of hair behind my ear, sliding his warm hand to lift my chin so I’d have to look at him.
“Stop what?” he murmured.
“Looking at me.”
“Why?”
“That’s how Terrell used to look at me before we kissed.”
His lips parted to say something but I pushed past him, gathering up my duster from where it lay on the bed next to the dress.
“Get dressed. We have more ghosts to help.”
― The Black Parade
“That’s the problem, Michael,” I shot back. “You have more responsibilities to your boss than you do to me. You taught me how to defend myself, how to heal myself, and that should be good enough. You can’t keep babysitting one little human when you have an entire cosmos to worry about.”
He faced me again, those green eyes boring into mine as if he could see straight through me. “Are you saying you want me to leave?”
My chest tightened. I hadn’t expected him to say that. I bit my bottom lip, glancing away. “That’s not what I mean.”
“Then what do you mean?”
“Since when have I ever known what the hell I mean?”
He touched my right cheek, making me face him. “You do when it counts.”
Staring up at him, shirtless, vulnerable, and wounded, I felt like I couldn’t breathe. He had a knack for picking my walls apart brick by brick. It bothered me.
He took a step closer, casting a shadow over me.
“Stop,” I mumbled, fixing my eyes on the floor. He brushed a lock of hair behind my ear, sliding his warm hand to lift my chin so I’d have to look at him.
“Stop what?” he murmured.
“Looking at me.”
“Why?”
“That’s how Terrell used to look at me before we kissed.”
His lips parted to say something but I pushed past him, gathering up my duster from where it lay on the bed next to the dress.
“Get dressed. We have more ghosts to help.”
― The Black Parade
“Do you really think I’ve been murdered?” Michael’s voice was soft, but I still heard it from across the bedroom. He stood in the doorway with a rather solemn expression. Words failed me. Would he really want to hear the answer? If it were me, would I want to know if someone killed me? Maybe.
I took a deep breath. “I’ll be honest with you. It doesn’t look good. The fact that no one knows you’re dead yet makes me worry that your death might have been intentional.”
I stepped closer to him, staring all the way up into his face. “But if you want the truth, I don’t think the reason you died was your fault. You’re a pain in the ass, but you’re a good guy. I’m sorry this happened to you.”
He gazed at me for a handful of seconds before nodding and his hair slid forward into his eyes. For some reason, it was the first time Michael seemed human. He was always so amiable and confident that seeing him be vulnerable felt odd.
“Thank you.”
“Come on. Let’s go find some answers.”
― The Black Parade
I took a deep breath. “I’ll be honest with you. It doesn’t look good. The fact that no one knows you’re dead yet makes me worry that your death might have been intentional.”
I stepped closer to him, staring all the way up into his face. “But if you want the truth, I don’t think the reason you died was your fault. You’re a pain in the ass, but you’re a good guy. I’m sorry this happened to you.”
He gazed at me for a handful of seconds before nodding and his hair slid forward into his eyes. For some reason, it was the first time Michael seemed human. He was always so amiable and confident that seeing him be vulnerable felt odd.
“Thank you.”
“Come on. Let’s go find some answers.”
― The Black Parade
