Iron Angel

core novel 2008 Deepgate Codex

Record

First published	2008
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.62 (2,039 ratings, collected 2026-08-30)
Page count	416
First-edition ISBN	9781405090360
Internal chronology	2

Synopsis

Iron Angel, published by Alan Campbell in 2008, continues the Deepgate Codex after Scar Night. The chained city of Deepgate lies in ruins, its militia brutally suppressing citizens desperate to flee, while Rachel Hael and the angel Dill find themselves imprisoned and tortured in the Temple's dungeons for their role in the disaster that overtook the city. A foul red mist begins rising from the abyss beneath Deepgate, a sign of stranger and more dangerous forces stirring below, forcing Rachel and Dill to escape captivity and set out across the hostile Deadsands toward distant lands, and eventually toward Hell itself. Their journey unfolds against the backdrop of a looming war between Hell's armies and the forces of Earth, as divine beings move to seal a breach between worlds that Rachel and Dill's earlier actions helped tear open.

Where it sits

• Universe: Deepgate Codex
• Series: Deepgate Codex core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Alan Campbell

Notes

• From the series record (Deepgate Codex): A single continuous trilogy set in the city of Deepgate; no companion works.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series Deepgate Codex: position 2 of 3: previous Scar Night (2006) · next God of Clocks (2009)

Sources

• Wikipedia: Alan Campbell (writer)
• Reader-rating platform: Deepgate Codex series
• https://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2008/04/iron-angel-by-alan-campbell.html

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