Barlowe, Wayne - God's Demon

God's Demon

Wayne Barlowe

Contents

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note from dongquang: I inserted 22 illustrations by Wayne Barlowe, including his notes. The images were copied from his website (

http://www.waynebarlowe.com

). Please re-arrange them at the places you feel most approriate. Those amazing illustrations should make the reading experience all the more enjoyable. Cheers! And a big thank you to whoever scanned this book!!

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Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Epilogue

Copyright

For Shawna

Acknowledgments

This book was, by any measure, an ambitious undertaking for me. There was not one moment during its creation that I was not certain I had made a terrible mistake in breaking away from painting and drawing to attempt it. During the arduous process of writing, however, I was bolstered by people both alive and dead, without whom I could never have finished the task. First and foremost among them was my wife, Shawna McCarthy, who told me more times than I can count that this was a journey that I was capable of completing. This book could never have been finished without her wisdom and unflagging encouragement, and my gratitude to her is total.

I must also thank my wonderful agent and friend, Russell Galen, for his continued support and valuable comments. Thanks must also go to my editor, Pat LoBrutto, who understood this project from the start and whose humor and insights into matters both heavenly and infernal were always welcome.

Thanks also to my great friend, TyRuben Ellingson, for his deep understanding of the labyrinth that is my creative mind.

God's Demon would not exist but for the inspiration provided me by John Milton's Paradise Lost. That work of genius, arguably the greatest poem written in the English language, set me on the path to first visualize Hell in artwork and then in writing. Like Dante's Virgil, Milton's spirit was a constant, guiding companion.

John Dee's Complete Enochian Dictionary provided me with the basis for the language used throughout this book in both the pure "angelic" form and the somewhat corrupted "demonic" form. Dr. Dee's unique work was derived from conversations he had in 1581 with two angels and, therefore, seemed to me authoritative.

To enrich your reading of God's Demon with many of the images of Hell that I have created, please visit www.godsdemon.com.

"Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime,"

Said then the Lost Archangel, "this the seat

That we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom

For that celestial light?"

—John Milton

Paradise Lost

Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n.

—John Milton

Paradise Lost

Prologue

Barlowe's Inferno - (from Barlowe's Inferno - acrylic on panel) - The unpredictable chaos of Hell is present even in the most advanced of its cities. Dis, like all of its sister cities, suffers from wrenching, deafening upheavals that tear through the city breaking away and sending archi-organic buildings high into the air. These float about, sometimes leaving the city's wards entirely, making their way into the darkness of the Wastes where they are never seen again. Do they eventually land only to be in habited by Salamandrine Men or Abyssals? Few have ever found out and fewer still have survived to tell of it.

It was impossible for me to resist putting myself in the Hell that I created. Of course, I could not appear inappropriately whole and so, much like the demons themselves, I took up hook and tong and made myself suitable for place. When in Rome...