The Second Realm: The Battle for Souls
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781968525293
Publisher: Digital Book Publishings
Published: Jul 14 2026
Pages: 178
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.48 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
A Christian supernatural thriller set largely in Vatican City, opening on the death of a pope and the conclave that follows. Veteran war correspondent Sean Burke and his colleague Luis Ortega find themselves unwitting players in an invisible war between Heaven and Hell when the archangels Raphael and Gabriel, disguised among the press corps, work to counter a demonic plot to install a corrupted American cardinal - secretly the son of Lilith, granddaughter of Satan - as the new pope. As the conclave's outcome ripples outward, Sean and Luis are stripped of their jobs and drawn deeper into spiritual conflict, eventually paying a brutal physical price (imprisonment, torture, and crucifixion-style execution staged by an unholy alliance of corrupted religious leaders) as the forces of darkness seem to triumph publicly while a hidden spiritual battle for the Church and for souls unfolds beneath the surface. Blending political-thriller pacing with overt biblical cosmology (named angels, demonic bloodlines, spiritual warfare made literal), the novel functions as an allegorical warning about corruption within institutional religion, the cost of true faith, and ultimate redemption, climaxing in a sacrificial confrontation that echoes the crucifixion narrative.
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