Iris Birth of the Immortals

For fans of Madeline Miller’s Circe and Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne, this brilliant, bold, and alluring epic reimagines the original creation story and the dark one’s fall from grace. What happens when the earth collides with the heavens? Through the rip in the ethereal world, more celestial beings tumbled to earth tempted by the daughters of Adam and took sides in the battle for good and evil. One of the dark prince's acolytes, Samayaza, wishes to bring otherworldly retribution to the one who exiled him from the celestial realm. Mortal sisters Iris and Boria are coveted by the glorious fallen spirits, trapped in a dark tapestry of promises and agreements made by their mother's father, Turian, ages ago. The time has come for debts to be collected. Kidnapped and brought to the temple built by Turian, surrounded by the glorious and transcendent Gregori, Boria succumbs to their unearthly seduction immediately. Iris is suspicious, remembering her paternal grandfather Enok's warnings and lessons about the motives of the fallen spirits. The Gregori can manipulate mortal thoughts and feelings and have unparalleled, vast power that's no match for any mortal. The Gregori charm and magnetism are beguiling, yet something malevolent looms over Samayaza's temple. Iris senses it in every fiber of her earthly body, but the sun has yet to ascend on the horizon and illuminate the serpentine truth behind Samayaza's unholy vision. A gorgeously written, mythical tale about fantastical beings brought down by earthly lust to live and die among us in an era of epic chaos.