Books by Danielle Trussoni

"A stunning follow-up to the best-seller Angelology. . . Part historical novel, fantasy, love story, thriller, and mystery. . . It's a must-read."—Booklist (starred review) A New York Times bestseller and global sensation, Angelology unfurled a brilliant tapestry of myth and biblical lore on our present-day world and plunged two star-crossed heroes into an ancient battle against mankind's greatest enemy: the fatally attractive angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. With Angelopolis, the conflict deepens into an inferno of danger and passion unbound.A decade has passed since Verlaine saw Evangeline alight from the Brooklyn Bridge, the sight of her new wings a betrayal that haunts him still. Now an elite angel hunter for the Society of Angelology, he pursues his mission with single-minded devotion: to capture, imprison, and eliminate her kind.But when Evangeline suddenly appears on a twilit Paris street, Verlaine finds her nature to be unlike any of the other creatures he so mercilessly pursues, casting him into a spiral of doubt and confusion that only grows when she is abducted before his eyes by a creature who has topped the society's most-wanted list for more than a century. The ensuing chase drives Verlaine and his fellow angelologists from the shadows of the Eiffel Tower to the palaces of St. Petersburg and deep into the provinces of Siberia and the Black Sea coast, where the truth of Evangeline's origins—as well as forces that could restore or annihilate them all—lie in wait.Conceived against an astonishing fresh tableau of history and science, Angelopolis plumbs Russia's imperial past, modern genetics, and ancient depictions of that most potent angelic appearance—the Annunciation of Gabriel—in a high-octane tale of abduction, treasure seeking, and divine warfare as the fate of humanity once again hangs in the balance.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those daysGenesis 6:4When Sister Evangeline finds mysterious correspondence between Mother Innocenta of the Saint Rose Convent and legendary philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller, it confirms Angels walked among us - and their descendants, the cruel Nephilim, still do.Indeed, the Nephilim are hunting for artefacts concealed by Abigail Rockefeller during the Second World War - objects that will ultimately allow them to enslave mankind - and have so far been prevented from reaching their apocalyptic goal by one, clandestine organisation: The Angelology Society.And if the Angelologists are to stand any chance of winning this new battle in the ages-old war, they must find the artefacts first. But their fate rests in the hands of innocent Sister Evangeline, who holds the key to unlocking Abigail Rockefeller's hiding places ... and whose own destiny may yet find her prey to the terrifying Nephilim army, with horrifying consequences for humanity.

I Englen blev vi præsenteret for menneskehedens største fjende: de smukke, men farlige nephilimer, som er halvt engle og halvt mennesker og kendt for at være følelseskolde, brutale og magtbegærlige. I Engleriget bryder konflikten atter ud i lys lue, og der er stærke kræfter på spil. Ti år er gået, siden historikeren Verlaine chokeret overværede Evangelines transformation til en bevinget skabning. Nu arbejder han som angel hunter for Angelologisk Selskab i Paris, hvor hans mission er ganske enkel: at fange og eliminere hendes slags. Men da han pludselig ser Evangeline på gaden, lægger han straks mærke til, at hun er anderledes end de væsner, han ellers nådesløst jagter. Han fyldes af en tvivl, som kun bliver større, da Evangeline for øjnene af ham bliver kidnappet af et væsen, som selskabet forgæves har forsøgt at fange i mange år. Det bliver startskuddet til en hæsblæsende og nervepirrende jagt, som bringer Verlaine og angelologerne fra Paris til Sankt Petersborg og dybt ind i fjerne egne af Siberien og videre mod Sortehavet, hvor sandheden om Evangelines forfædre venter på dem – men onde kræfter vil gøre alt for at forhindre dem i at nå deres mål.

Evangeline var kun 12 år, da hendes far overlod hende til nonnerne på Sankt Rose Kloster. Som 23-årig falder hun over en korrespondance fra 1943 mellem en afdød nonne fra klosteret og den berømte filantrop Abigail Rockefeller. Fundet kaster hende uvidende ind midt i en fejde, som strækker sig mange tusind år tilbage i tiden; en fejde mellem Det Angelologiske Selskab og de monstrøse, men smukke efterkommere af engle og mennesker – nephilimerne. Brevene fra mrs. Rockefeller rummer nøglen til en hemmelighed, der er voldsomt eftertragtet af de engang så magtfulde nephilimer, og som vil sætte dem i stand til at herske over og undergrave alt det gode i menneskeheden. Generation efter generation af angelologer har helliget deres liv til at stoppe nephilimerne, og da Evangeline opdager, at hun selv er ud af en højtstående angelologifamilie, begynder et nervepirrende kapløb med tiden for at hindre, at hemmeligheden falder i de forkerte hænder.