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| CURSE OF THE LOST ISLE an edgy, Medieval Fantasy Romantic series, featuring a family of immortal Pagan ladies, descended from angels and humans. |
I love to suspend the reader's beliefs. What if? What if there were angels walking among us? What if the immortals described in legends actually existed? What if angels did mate with human females in the faraway past, as the Bible says, and produced long-lived hybrid beings who look like us and walk this earth, some fighting for good, others for evil? What then?
I like to think I could recognize one in the street. Could you? What would make them different from us? A glowing aura of goodness? A disturbing sense of evil? Probably none of the above.
Still, there should be a way to recognize an immortal, an angel, or a Fae walking among us. Here are a few pointers:
Real angels do not have wings:
I like to think I could recognize one in the street. Could you? What would make them different from us? A glowing aura of goodness? A disturbing sense of evil? Probably none of the above.
Still, there should be a way to recognize an immortal, an angel, or a Fae walking among us. Here are a few pointers:
Real angels do not have wings:
Only in the tenth century did Western Christianity start representing angels with wings. But in the ancient biblical texts, they never had any, except for a specific category of angels described with three pairs of wings and four heads. According to ancient texts, the divine messengers we call angels looked human. How else would they have passed for humans when they visited Loth in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah? They are described in the scriptures as beautiful young men. So beautiful that the debauched inhabitants of the ancient city wanted to purchase them for sexual favors.
Immortal are very beautiful:
Immortal are very beautiful:
That's a given. Angels are always gorgeous according to the scriptures. Besides, if you don't age and have supernatural genes, then you should be flawless and irresistible. This is especially convenient in romantic novels. We love our gorgeous immortals. Even the evil ones, like Lucifer, or the bloodiest of vampires, are said to have an irresistible charm.
There is a special light in their eyes:
There is a special light in their eyes:
If eyes are the windows of the soul, then much of their good or evil nature should filter through the eyes of immortals, angels, Fae and other supernatural beings. Movies have gone so far as to represent evil beings with blazing red eyes. That would be a hoot and a half... and very scary, late at night on a street corner.
Immortals can be killed:
Immortals can be killed:
That's why witches and sorcerers were burned at the stake. In Highlander, they can only be killed when you sever their head. In the Curse of the Lost Isle, my immortal ladies fear holy water and death by fire. Many methods are used to kill vampires. I've never heard of a way to kill an angel, but I'm sure there is somewhere a secret demonic book of spells that teaches exactly that. Shame on them.
I hope that you meet one of these extraordinary angels, a good one, mind you. And I hope you recognize him or her and feel blessed for having seen an immortal.
I also have two twin Archangel novels:
CRUSADER and CHECKMATE. They are more of a contemporary paranormal futuristic nature, but my hero is an archangel nevertheless.
Vijaya Schartz
Swords, Blasters, Romance with a Kick
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