Stealing Sacred Fire
core novel 1997 The Grigori Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.75 (269 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780140268966 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Peverel Othman, a rogue among the Anakim, has been reborn as Shemyaza, the fallen angel king, and he begins to gather followers for a final struggle over the future of humanity. Together with his brother Salamiel and his human vizier Daniel, he travels east towards Eden, joining rebel freedom fighters along the way. In Babylon, a new king who believes he is descended from angels frees an imprisoned Watcher Lord and sends djinn out to hunt Shemyaza. Elsewhere, an assassin has been given the task of killing him. As these separate threads draw closer, the old angelic rivalries and the plans of the Grigori begin to bear on the lives of ordinary people in the modern world.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Grigori Trilogy
- Series: The Grigori Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Storm Constantine
Notes
- From the series record (The Grigori Trilogy): Three linked novels in which the fallen angel Shemyaza and the Grigori return in the modern world.
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 Grigori Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Scenting Hallowed Blood (1996)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Grigori Trilogy
- Blackwell's: Stealing Sacred Fire (Penguin paperback, Dec 1997)
- Worlds Without End: Stealing Sacred Fire
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