A standalone epic · M. A. Khan · Perch Press
The Unfallen
A Dark Fantasy Novel of the Devil, Fallen Angels, and the War for Creation
WHEN THE FLAME FAILS, PRAY THAT HE STILL STANDS.
An excavation in Türkiye uncovers inscriptions in a language older than humanity. Dr Miriam Vale, a linguist who does not believe in the Devil, is summoned to translate a warning that should not exist. Father Elias Ward, a priest who has lost his faith, hears an ancient name spoken by something that should not speak. Gabriel Mercer, a soldier who buried his men, listens to them answer. Long before Eden, a war was fought at the edge of creation. When it ended, someone had to stay behind to hold the door. For two thousand years the world has cursed him as the Enemy, the Serpent, the Fall itself. He remembers it differently. Now the wall between creation and what waited before it is thinning. The old dark is coming back. And the only thing standing in its way is the one the world calls the Devil.
A complete standalone novel of more than 125,000 words, from the sealed archives of the Vatican to a last stand at the bottom of Hell. What if the Devil never fell?
797 pages · 9798171200220 · Perch Press
M. A. Khan writes at the meeting point of ancient warning and modern consequence. A British author with a previous career at the sharp end of military and trauma medicine, he brings a surgeon's economy and a soldier's eye to stories that range from apocalyptic geopolitical thrillers to mythic dark fantasy. His books ask one recurring question: when the old stories said we were warned, what exactly were we supposed to do about it? He writes as M. A. Khan; his nonfiction appears under Mansoor Ali Khan. Published by Perch Press.