Jovah's Angel
core novel 1997 Samaria
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (5,595 ratings, collected 2026-11-03) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441004041 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
About 150 years after the events of the first book, the weather over Samaria is turning dangerous. The Archangel, Delilah, is hurt in a storm and can no longer fly, so Jovah names a young angel, Alleluia, as her replacement. Alleluia must handle pressure from rival powers who blame the angels for the storms, and Jovah tells her to find "the son of Jeremiah", a message she does not understand. The music machines that carry the angels' prayers begin to fail, and she turns to Caleb, an engineer who trusts science and himself rather than any god. Together they search for the cause of the failing machines and for what Jovah truly is.
Where it sits
- Universe: Samaria
- Series: Samaria core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sharon Shinn
Notes
- Some listings give 1998 for the Ace edition; the publisher listing and trade review date it to 1997.
- From the series record (Samaria): Five novels set on the planet Samaria, where angels and humans live under the rule of a god who is in fact a colony ship.
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 Samaria: position 2 of 5: previous Archangel (1996) · next The Alleluia Files (1998)
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Fantastic Fiction: Samaria
- AbeBooks listing (Ace Trade, 1997)
- Kirkus Reviews
- Wikipedia: Jovah's Angel
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