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Raphael

core novel 1984 The Damiano Trilogy

Record

First published1984
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.79 (632 ratings, collected 2026-10-04)
Page count230
First-edition ISBN9780553243703
Internal chronology3

Synopsis

Weakened by his long contact with mortals, the Archangel Raphael falls prey to his brother Lucifer, who strips him of his angelic powers and casts him into the world as a man. Sold in the slave markets of Moorish Spain, confused and humbled by his sudden humanity, with its hunger, pain and fear, Raphael finds his only solace in the friendship of Djoura, a proud Berber woman enslaved beside him, and in the spiritual guardianship of his former pupil Damiano. Meanwhile Saara, the pagan witch who loved Damiano, sets out with the rakish Gaspare and an ancient black dragon to find and rescue the fallen angel. Their odyssey leads them toward a confrontation with the Father of Lies and a reckoning with destiny that closes the trilogy begun in Damiano.

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Notes

  • From the series record (The Damiano Trilogy): R. A. MacAvoy's historical fantasy of a Renaissance Italy, France and Moorish Spain where faith-based magic works: the young alchemist and lutenist Damiano Delstrego, his friend and teacher the Archangel Raphael, the pagan witch Saara and the Devil who covets them. Collected as A Trio for Lute (1985).

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 The Damiano Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Damiano's Lute (1984)

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