Barlowe, Wayne - God's Demon

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

GOD'S DEMON

Copyright © 2007 by Wayne Barlowe

Jacket and interior graphics copyright © 2007 by Wayne Barlowe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barlowe, Wayne Douglas.

God's demon / Wayne Barlowe.—1st ed.

p. cm.

"A Tom Doherty Associates Book."

ISBN-13:978-0-7653-0985-3

ISBN-10:0-7653-0985-8

1. Hell—Fiction. 2. Devil—Fiction. 3. Angels—Fiction. 4. Demons—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3602.A775626G63 2007

813'.6—dc22

2007021074

First Edition: October 2007

Printed in the United States of America

0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Table of Contents

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

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