THE IDEA FOR CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED, BOOK ONE IN THE FALLEN ANGELS SAGA

My series, The Fallen Angels Saga, was inspired by a very strange bible verse, one I suspect few people are familiar with. Check it out, Genesis 6:4.

“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.” -The Holy Bible, New International Version

The "sons of God" or angels, went to the "daughters of men" or humans, and well…you get it.

This story about angels coming to earth to live as humans was documented in ancient religious texts known as the Book of Enoch, it was also decided, by popular vote, that it should NOT be included in the Bible because of the controversial statements about the nature and deeds of angels. In fact, the story of this second fall of angels was banned and proclaimed forbidden reading. What better way to spark interest? Tell us something is "forbidden" and we'll seek it out like there's no tomorrow. I do so love human nature. Of course, there will always be two or more (or millions) of sides to every story, but, what I wanted to do for the purpose of this series, was simply provide my readers with interesting historical material that they may not know ever existed. I think that everyone, including my super-smart teen readers (hey, I know you guys can handle anything) have the right to at last know what's out there, and then, make up your own minds.

My goal was to use this historical information simply as a point of origin for my characters. This series will focus on Judeo-Christian mythos not creed, so there's no preaching, no conversion, no one finding one god or another, simply ... "this is interesting, huh?" And then, a story to go along with it…

More on another "BANNED" book of the Bible later. HINT: A well-known king (the one who offered to cut a child in half so both mothers claiming the child belonged to them could each have part of the child) was also purported to be a great sorcerer who commanded demons with a magical ring.