Sword of the Gods: The Dark Lord's Vessel: (Book 4 of the Sword of the Gods saga)

Anna Erishkigal

Jun 2016 · Sword of the Gods Saga Book 4 · Seraphim Press

About this ebook

At the dawn of time, two ancient adversaries battled for control of Earth. One man rose to stand at humanity's side. A soldier whose name we still remember today... 

Angelic Special Forces Colonel Mikhail Mannuki'ili has suffered from dissociative amnesia ever since his species was slaughtered as a child. The Cherubim said he must never try to remember what happened during the Seraphim Genocide. Whenever he tries, he blacks out and bad people end up dead. 

But old ghosts refuse to remain buried. With the village destroyed and whispers the white-winged Angelic is his own Prime Minister, each night, his dead chéad phósadh visits his nightmares to warn him about the lizard at the door. 

As Abaddon closes in on Earth, Lucifer deals with the fallout from his recent possession, Gita tries to clear her name, and Ba'al Zebub rallies a new threat against Assur, Mikhail must find a way to rescue his pregnant wife without succumbing to the terrifying power he can wield, but not control, in this fourth installment of the Sword of the Gods saga. 

This book is NOT religious fiction! 

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Sword of the Gods saga reading order:

The Chosen One omnibus (includes:)
—Heroes of Old: Episode 1x01 (a novella)
—Sword of the Gods
—No Place for Fallen Angels
—Forbidden Fruit

Prince of Tyre 
Agents of Ki 
The Dark Lord's Vessel 
The Fairy General (coming in 2018)

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Children of the Fallen series - set in the same universe, but in the modern day.

Angel of Death omnibus (contains:)
—Angel of Death
—Angel of Death: A Love Story

A Gothic Christmas Angel

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Ratings and reviews

There are so many characters to love , I can't pick anyone as a favorite or least favorite for that matter. They are all great..I just love how well written this series is. Not many writers can take two worlds (one primitive and one futuristic ) and blend them so well. When reading this series I find that I am transported into this amazing adventure and reality around me blurs to the background.I didn't want to do anything but read.This is rare for me.I can't wait for the next book!!

I've been reading this series and loving each subsequent book more than the previous one. There is just so much drama, action, and thrills in each installment that you really keep wishing that it doesn't end. I actually read this book a couple of chapters at a time and forced myself to take breaks, because I couldn't bear the thought of finishing it too quickly. Alas, all good things come to an end and so did this fantastic read. I really really wanted Gita to get him in the end of the book. Guess that would mean the end of the series, and no book 5 so I can wait for him to claim her in the next book. Between his amnesia and PTSD you can almost forgive him for not recognizing his chead phosadh. Just a little heartbreaking the way she keeps sacrificing herself for his happiness. He better make it up to her properly in the next book, okay Anna? And I absolutely love the many many colourful characters that are woven into the story, humans of all tribes, species from different galaxies, it's just amazing the way everything comes together in an absolutely epic novel!

Once again anna has managed to keep me on the edge of my seat in suspence of each chapter. Exhilarating, fast paced, in depth, emotionally involving.. just a few ways to describe this book. It has however left a question, whatever will happen to our champion and his chéad phósadh..

About the author

 Anna Erishkigal is a recovering attorney who writes fantasy fiction under a pen-name so her colleagues don't question whether her legal pleadings are fantasy fiction as well. Much of law, it turns out, -is- fantasy fiction. Lawyers just prefer to call it 'zealously representing your client.' 

Seeing the dark underbelly of life makes for some interesting fictional characters. The kind you either want to incarcerate, or run home and write about. In fiction, you can fudge facts without worrying too much about the truth. In legal pleadings, if your client lies to you, you look stupid in front of the judge. 

At least in fiction, if a character becomes troublesome, you can always kill them off.