An outstanding piece of fiction which both mocks and pays tribute to Christian mythology, with a very definite nod to the works of Ms. Richmal Crompton!
The angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley have been friends from the time of Adam and Eve. Crowley was the snake who gave her the apple, and Aziraphale gave Adam a flaming sword to deal with the dangerous world outside paradise.
Now, having lived on earth for millennia, both Aziraphale and Crowley are rather fond of humans and have happily integrated with them. Now the end of times and the great war between heaven and hell is upon them, and they are faced with a tough proposition: they want to get heaven and hell to amicably settle their differences and spare earth.
Meanwhile, through a series of mishaps, the antichrist is a 11 year old boy who has grown in a small village in the English countryside. Along with his gang of friends called the “Them”, he is much like Crompton’s William Brown and his gang of “Outlaws”. He is taken in by his momentous role involving the end of times, and the four horsemen of the apocalypse are on their way to meet him and assist him.
Amidst this, a prognosticating witch called Agnes Nutter from the seventeeth century has written a book full of predictions for her descendants to use, who have ever since made it their mission to just be there at the right place and right time, if they could only correctly interpret those prophecies.
Will the world end? Which amongst the myriad forces working for and against the apocalypse succeed? This fantastic piece of fiction is a wonderful page turner which will have you roaring with laughter from start to finish, and you will be loath to tear yourself away from the story of the world which is about to end… or is it?