Between Two Fires

One of my favorite [a: Christopher Buehlman 4712375 Christopher Buehlman https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1350057325p2/4712375.jpg] books, up there with [b: The Lesser Dead 20893407 The Lesser Dead Christopher Buehlman https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1396375462l/20893407.SY75.jpg 40236397], though a very different story. [b: Between Two Fires 13543121 Between Two Fires Christopher Buehlman https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1623049449l/13543121.SY75.jpg 19107416] is a dark apocalyptic quest set in medieval France. God has gone missing, the angels can't find him, and Hell has opened its doors to the world, ushering in a devastating plague and other, more terrible, things, including the devils themselves. So who is tasked with saving the day? A depressed, disgraced fallen knight, a newly orphaned pre-teen girl, and a priest with an insatiable thirst for wine. This group will need to traverse the French countryside to find...well, they're not entirely sure, before they arrive at Avignon, where they will...they don't really know that either. The set-up sounds like a comedy, but it isn't. They are being hunted by demons and whatever is guiding them, isn't telling them much. And if that isn't bad enough, desperation has turned the surviving humans somewhat less humane. This is a dark tale of love and redemption set against the bleakest possible backdrop. In Buehlman's capable hands, that equals a tremendous story that will linger long after you turn the last page.