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Sins of the Angels (Grigori Legacy -1) by Linda Poitevin

Sins of the Angels (Grigori Legacy #1) by Linda Poitevin

Grigori Legacy series — by Linda Poitevin. NEWS:

NEXT RELEASE:  Sins of the Warrior #4 — September 2015 (no date yet)

Genres and Sub-Genres[]

Urban Fantasy / Romantic UF / Police Procedural

  • Sins of the Angels stays true to Urban Fantasy and has set up a romantic arc to span multiple books—the romance never overshadows the main storyline.

Series Description or Overview[]

Lead's Species[]

  • Paranormal Police Detective, human

Primary Supe[]

  • Angels

What Sets it Apart[]

Narrative Type and Narrators[]

  • Third person narrative, various perspectives—primary perspective: Alexandra Jarvis, protagonist.

Books in Series[]

Grigori Legacy series:

  1. Sins of the Angels (2011)
  2. Sins of the Son (2012)
  3. Sins of the Lost (2013) ~ eBook
  4. Sins of the Warrior (Sept 2015)

Shorts, Novellas, Anthologies and Guides[]

none yet

Themes[]

Heaven vs. Hell

World Building[]

Setting[]

Toronto Canada

Places:

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Heaven: has power-hungry megalomaniacs, reluctant whistle blowers, and emotionally unstable soldiers

Supernatural Elements[]

✥ Angels, Lucifer, Nephilim, The One, mortal realm, apocalypse, demons, Hunters, Heaven and Hell, Nephilim army, ,

✥ Angel Levels: the Highest Seraph, the Anointed, the Dominion, the Powers, the Guardians, the Fallen, the One.

Glossary:[]

  • Power: hunter of the Fallen Angels
  • Grigori: Nephilim (Naphils)—
  • Naphil: singular form for Nephilim—Alex is one unbeknownst;

Groups & Organizations:[]

World[]

In this world, Heaven is headed by the god-like figure of "the One" (aka the Creator), a silver-haired woman who has become weary after endless centuries of heavenly and mortal strife. She is inscrutable in her words and actions and requires abiding faith from her followers. The series mythology follows the usual Heaven-Hell story. Here is a quotation from the book that summarizes that story: "[Alex] learned of the One's creation of a human race, nurtured throughout its evolution, and of Lucifer's intense envy of the One's attachment to those humans. Of the splitting of Heaven and the formation of Hell. Of the downfall of those angels who chose to follow Lucifer. The resulting noninterference pact. The appointment of a handful of those who remained loyal to the One as Powers when not all of the Fallen would abide by the agreement." (Sins of the Angels, p. 247)

Although Poitevin tweaks the hierarchy slightly, the angelic structure generally follows the traditional Christian format, with nine choirs of angels: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Archangels, Principalities, and Guardians. (Click HERE to go to the descriptions of the nine choirs as found on Catholic Online. Click HERE to go to Poitevin's version.) In this book, the primary heavenly characters come from the Seraphim, Dominions, and Powers.

The Guardians are assigned to help point mortals in the right direction, away from sin, but since all mortals have free will, the Guardians' efforts aren't always enough to keep their charges on the straight and narrow path of morality and goodness. Mortals who are descendants of the Grigori (aka Nephilim, Naphils) don't get to have a Guardian; they must rely on their own moral compasses to guide them to the right decisions in their lives. Poitevin weaves the angelic mythology and the story of the Fall into the plot in mostly easy-to-swallow portions. In this quotation from the book, a character explains why angels have neither emotions nor free will: "When Lucifer left and took the others with him, we went to war. The agony of having to fight our loved ones nearly tore us apart and, to make it easier on us, the One took away our free will and the capacity to feel love for those near to us." (Sins of the Angels, pp. 235-236). ~ Fang-tastic Fiction: Linda Poitevin: THE GRIGORI LEGACY

The Angels:

  • Aramael (mortal name Jacob Trent)
  • Seth
  • Mittron
  • Verchiel

The Fallen:

  • Lucifer
  • Samael

Protagonist[]

✥ Alexandra Jarvis

Sidekick[]

  • Name: / What: / Sidekick-to: / About: / Book First Seen:

Characters Chart[]

Characters What About
Alex, Alexandra Jarvis Homicide detective, Naphil 30-something Naphil (who doesn't know it) with a tragic past; she is a Toronto homicide detective
Aramael, Jacob Trent Power, angel hunter of the Fallen Angels; sent to mortal earth to protect Alex and hunt down his twin brother, Caim; sentenced his own brother to eternal exile for crimes against humanity; potential love interest; stoic manner; has led an emotion-free life (except for rage & guilt);
Seth, Seth Benjamin Appointed, angel son of the One and Lucifer; agrees to help Alex and Aramael, but finds himself drawn to Alex; he is above Mittron in the angelic hierarchy; potential love interest;
Lucifer  Fallen Angel building a Nephillim army; 
Mika'el, aka Michael powerful archangel left Heaven after a disagreement with the One thousands of years ago
Caim fallen angel Aramael's brother; sentenced by his brother to eternal exile for crimes against humanity; believes that if he can inhabit the body of a Naphil at the moment of her death, he will have one last chance to return to Heaven
Staff, Doug Roberts Staff Inspector Alex's boss, head of the Toronto Homicide Squad; knows about Alex's childhood tragedy and is generally sympathetic toward her;
Mittron (aka The Highest) top Seraphim, angel currently the One's right-hand man, who has private and personal issues that appear to be overriding his loyalty to his leader; sends Aramael to protect Alex and capture Ciam;
Verchiel Dominion angel Mittron's former soul mate but now his subordinate; Mitron orders her to send Aramael capture Caim and to protect Alex; suspects Mittron of dastardly deeds but doesn't have enough free will to fully pursue her suspicions;

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Linda Poitevin

Linda Poitevin

Author[]

Linda Poitevin

Bio: Linda Poitevin lives just outside Canadas capital, Ottawa, with her husband, the youngest of three daughters, one very large husky/shepherd/Great Dane-cross dog, a cats, two rabbits, and a bearded dragon lizard. Turned down in her pursuit of a police career after a faulty height measurement, Linda vicariously lives out her dream of being a cop through her characters. When she isnt writing, she can usually be found in her garden in the summer, hugging the fireplace in the winter, or walking her dog along the river in any season. ~ FF

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Publishing Information[]

  1. Sins of the Angels:
  2. Sins of the Son:
  3. Sins of the Lost:

Book Cover Blurbs[]

✤ BOOK ONE—Sins of the Angels (2011): A detective with a secret lineage. An undercover Hunter with a bullet-proof soul. And a world made to pay for the sins of an angel... Homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis answers to no one. Especially not to the new partner assigned to her in the middle of a gruesome serial killer case-a partner who is obstructive, irritatingly magnetic, and arrogant as hell. Aramael is a Power--a hunter of the Fallen Angels. A millennium ago, he sentenced his own brother to eternal exile for crimes against humanity. Now his brother is back and wreaking murderous havoc in the mortal realm. To find him, Aramael must play second to a human police officer who wants nothing to do with him and whose very bloodline threatens both his mission and his soul. Now, faced with a fallen angel hell-bent on triggering the apocalypse, Alex and Aramael have no choice but to join forces, because only together can they stop the end of days.  ~ Goodreads | Sins of the Angels (Grigori Legacy, #1) by Linda Poitevin

✤ BOOK TWO—Sins of the Son (2012): When homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis sees a photo of Seth Benjamin on a police bulletin, she knows that Heaven's plan to halt Armageddon has gone terribly wrong. As the only mortal who knows of Seth's true nature, only she can save him. Aramael was a hunter of Fallen Angels until a traitor forced him into earthly exile. Now, with no powers and only a faint memory of Alex, his mortal soulmate, he will stop at nothing to redeem himself-even if it means destroying Seth in the name of the Creator. ~ Goodreads | Sins of the Son (Grigori Legacy, #2) by Linda Poitevin

✤ BOOK THREE—Sins of the Lost (2013): From the author of Sins of the Angels and Sins of the Son comes the newest novel in the “electric, thrilling and extremely intelligent” (Ex Libris) Grigori Legacy series. Heaven and Hell are on the brink of war as Lucifer builds his Nephilim army and waits for his new agenda to become a reality — that of having a Nephilimchild of his own bloodline to lead his forces to cataclysmic victory. With rumors of the pending war rampant on Earth, Alex fights to save humanity from its own panic –­ leaving little time for her fledgling relationship with Seth, the man with heavenly origins who has captured her heart. But when Nephilim children begin to disappear, along with Alex’s own vulnerable niece, the inevitable war between Heaven and Hell becomes as personal as sin. Heaven has its own plans to fight the coming apocalypse, but first it needs Seth back. Asked to betray the man she loves, Alex must turn for help to the soulmate she thought she’d given up — the Archangel Aramael, who may be her last chance to save her family and humanity from the ashes of Lucifer’s Armageddon. ~ Goodreads | Sins of the Lost (Grigori Legacy, #3) by Linda Poitevin

✤ BOOK FOUR—Sins of the Warrior (Sept 2015):  ~ Goodreads | Sins of the Warrior (Grigori Legacy, #4) by Linda Poitevin

First Sentences[]

  1. Sins of the Angels (2011) — It was done. 
  2. Sins of the Son (2012) — "Do we have an agreement?" the One asked.
  3. Sins of the Lost (2013) — Prologue: "You want me to what?" / Chapter One: Alexandra Jarvis jolted awake, heart racing, lungs sucking for air.
  4. Sins of the Warrior (Sept 2015) — 

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Notes[]

Ace is marketing this series as urban fantasy, but the first book is much more of a horror/suspense police procedural than an urban fantasy. The plot is dominated by one bloody crime scene after another, each centered around one or more graphically described, mutilated corpses (too many to count), all murdered by a crazed serial killer who is slashing his way across Toronto. ~ Fang-tastic

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