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    The Fallen 1: The Fallen and Leviathan
    The Fallen 1: The Fallen and Leviathan
    The Fallen 1: The Fallen and Leviathan
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    The Fallen 1: The Fallen and Leviathan

    By Thomas E. Sniegoski

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    Aaron Corbet isn’t a bad kid—he’s just a little different. And starting on the eve of his eighteenth birthday, Aaron begins to discover supernatural talents. Then he learns the truth about his destiny: He must unite angels, mortals, and Powers both good and evil, some of whom are hell-bent on his destruction....

    The Fallen quartet, now published for the first time in two action-packed bind-ups, chronicles an epic struggle, where the fate of the world rests on the outcome of one teen’s monumental quest. The Fallen 1
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Pulse
    Release dateMar 8, 2011
    ISBN9781442433687
    The Fallen 1: The Fallen and Leviathan
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    Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Thomas E. Sniegoski is the author of more than two dozen novels for adults, teens, and children. His books for teens include Legacy, Sleeper Code, Sleeper Agenda, and Force Majeure, as well as the series The Brimstone Network. As a comic book writer, Sniegoski’s work includes Stupid, Stupid Rat Tails, a prequel miniseries to international hit, Bone. Sniegoski collaborated with Bone creator Jeff Smith on the project, making him the only writer Smith has ever asked to work on those characters. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his wife LeeAnne and their French Bulldog, Kirby. Visit him on the web at Sniegoski.com.

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    • 2/5
      I read the first part a few years ago. Still have yet to get to the next. It's just not very interesting.
    • 3/5
      This book contain the first two books in 'The Fallen' series. Eighteen year old Aaron starts hearing strange voices and is convinced he is on the brink of insanity when he can suddenly speak and understand multiple languages. When he brings his dog, Gabriel, back to life the dog is changed an Aaron can now understand and speak to him too. A mysterious man begins following Aaron; one who knows about his past and his the changes taking place. Eventually he convinces Aaron that he is a Nephilim; the son of a mortal woman and an angel. As well as that, Aaron has been chosen for a special task: to redeem the Fallen. To achieve this he must battle the group of angels known as the Powers led by vengeful angel Verchiel, along with otherworldly creatures.This book had the elements of a good book, but just didn't really pull it off for me.
    • 1/5
      I don't know what the hype is about the series because it SUCKS! I'm sorry but I don't think that I like this book... it doesn't do anything for me.
    • 5/5
      The movies for it are AMAZING!!!!!!!
      I haven't read the books, but I think I will, even though I already know the story.
      In case anyone watches The Vampire Diaries, Paul Wesley (aka Stefan Salvatore) is the main character in Fallen!!!!!!
    • 4/5
      The Fallen:Supernatural YA with angels, fallen and otherwise, as the supernaturals du jour. Starts out with a familiar premise: ordinary teenager starts noticing something's odd, gets told he's not so ordinary after all, doesn't believe it, and eventually does when something big makes him do so. I'm cool with that premise; I knew that was what I was getting when I picked up the book. But somehow I just never quite got hooked into the story. I like the set-up with the angels killing off the Nephilim as they reach maturity because they think that's what God wants and a prophecy saying that one of the Nephilim will bring the fallen angels back into the fold. But I dunno. I felt like this book, even though short, took too long to get things moving. And none of the characters do a super lot for me. Since I do like this kind of thing (and I've been wanting an angels story (instead of vampires or werewolves or sommat)) and it was written well and the set-up is promising (and since I already have book two because omnibus edition), I will probably read the next installment and see if things pick up for me. ~April 2015
    • 3/5
      This book contain the first two books in 'The Fallen' series. Eighteen year old Aaron starts hearing strange voices and is convinced he is on the brink of insanity when he can suddenly speak and understand multiple languages. When he brings his dog, Gabriel, back to life the dog is changed an Aaron can now understand and speak to him too. A mysterious man begins following Aaron; one who knows about his past and his the changes taking place. Eventually he convinces Aaron that he is a Nephilim; the son of a mortal woman and an angel. As well as that, Aaron has been chosen for a special task: to redeem the Fallen. To achieve this he must battle the group of angels known as the Powers led by vengeful angel Verchiel, along with otherworldly creatures.This book had the elements of a good book, but just didn't really pull it off for me.
    • 4/5
      Aaron is 18 and his life changes forever. He begins to hear strange voices and thinks he is going to go insane but he finds out that he is in fact a Nephilim and he has been chosen to redeem the Fallen.However some of the fallen don't want to be redeemed.He has to learn to come to terms with his powers and his future and hopefully some day have a date with a cute Brazilian girl from his class.The first story in this collection is The Fallen, where Aaron deals with the discovery and rescues his dog Gabriel from certain death (honestly I fell in love with Gabriel during the stories) and changes him. He also loses his foster family, that he loves, the parents to fire and his foster-brother to one of the angels. Aaron wants to rescue his foster-brother.The second is Leviathan where during the road trip he finds a small town with a big secret that he has to deal with and in the course of that finds out things about himself and about the nature of the things he has to deal with. And incidentally addicting his companion, Camael to potato chips.I like this series, the characters have an interesting depth and it feels realistic in the way they deal with emotions and issues. There are layers here and I'm looking forward to more of it.
    • 4/5
      This omnibus edition of the first two books in Sniegoski's series about fallen angels is both entertaining and thought-provoking. In The Fallen, we are introduced to Aaron, a lonely seventeen year old boy who doesn't feel like he belongs in the world, and in the sequel, Leviathan, we follow Aaron as he finds out more about his Nephilim heritage.The FallenThe first thing that stuck me about the book is Aaron: despite all the angst and woe-is-me stuff, he is a genuinely nice kid who is just trying to figure out his life. Unlike many of the other YA protagonists I read about, Aaron has his priorities straight and really doesn't want anything to do with the freaky-deaky angels that come into his life and disrupt its monotony. I felt for him, because in this aspect I would be exactly the same! It's also refreshing to read from a male perspective, especially one who has angelic powers.Aaron's life is very realistic: he has loving parents and although he doesn't have many friends, it's clear that the people who take the time to get to know him really like him. I love that the author hasn't shied away from writing in Stevie, Aaron's foster-brother, as an autistic child, and I can tell that he will end up playing a vital role in the story. I also like Vilma, and although there was minimal romance between her and Aaron, I think there is a lot of potential between them that would be great to explore. It's obvious they both care for one another a lot.My favourite aspect of the book has to be the angels. Some authors like to make their angels inaccessible and alien, and I think this is the way to go in reality, but authors who instil their angels with humanity usually don't succeed. Sniegoski's angels are imbued with human characteristics and are wonderfully flawed, but I think it makes perfect sense given their millennia away from heaven without guidance. This is the reason that Verchiel's disillusionment is one of the most realistic aspects of the novel - the line between his divine mission and his own beliefs is blurred and it becomes increasingly clear that he has no idea what he is doing and is acting on orders given thousands of years ago. This aspect has irked some readers, and I understand why, but I think the whole point of the novel is about how these soldiers act on Earth when their generals gave lost contact with God, and no one is clear on whether the war is still going on or not.LeviathanIn Leviathan we take up with Aaron and the angel Camael as they try to reclaim Stevie from the vengeful angel Verchiel. The book is still gripping, but a little confused because it doesn't take long for the duo to become distracted from their mission. Although this aspect is explained later on in the novel, I was perplexed at the beginning.This book is action packed and creepy, with strange mutated animals and zombie like people emerging in the sleepy town of Blithe, and the disappearance of Camael initiating a surprising sequence of events that leads to Aaron discovering a dark secret its inhabitants. I did like that even Aaron grasped how ridiculous his situation is - he comments that if he wasn't living it himself, he'd think it a plot from a bad science fiction movie. However, the elements of the story coalesce nicely and tell a brilliant story, and the ending was great!The characters continue to be enjoyable in Leviathan, especially Gabriel, the talking dog, who brings humour to an otherwise dark book. The angel Camael is also great, for all his arrogance about being so much better than humans, it's nice that he's found out that he has more in common with them than he'd realised. We get to meet very few other angels in the book, which was disappointing, and Verchiel is off-screen for its entirety (although we get glimpses of what he is up to, and it's terrifying). This book is more about Aaron accepting his new powers and place in the prophesy than about getting revenge on Verchiel and the other Powers for destroying Aaron's life. I also liked the snippets we got of Vilma and Stevie: they provide grounding for Aaron's past and attest to how different he has become.The Fallen and Leviathan are both enjoyable reads, and it's great to have them in this omnibus edition so I could transition between them easilty. I am looking forward to reading the rest of Sniegoski's The Fallen novels, and finding out how Aaron handles the prophesy. Readers who enjoy angel themed fiction but are tired of monotony will benefit from trying this series.
    • 4/5
      I ran into this book in an obscure little book shop in Duluth, the edition I started with didn't have a cover, but I have always been interested in nephilim stories, so I picked it up anyway. The writing was simple yet interesting. It is not a particularly fast moving book, but does have some interesting elements. The main character Aaron, begins to hear things on his 18th birthday. Through the book we find that Aaron is actually part angel. It is not particularly breath taking or special, but does take a fun spin on the fallen angel stories. I have read books 1-4, and I found them to be quick reads. This book is for anyone who loves to read about mythology.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. I loved the characters. This book a both romance and action. The author tells a good story and it seems to compacted together so tightly. If you like stories about fallen angels then read this. I really liked the fact that the author is a man and he wrote from a man's perpective.
    • 1/5
      First, let me explain that I found out ABC made a mini-series of this book - STARRING PAUL WESLEY (plays Steffan in the Vampire Diaries on CW), and I wanted to read the books before watching the series.I loved part 1 (The Fallen), and the first half of part 2 (Leviathan) - but the ending of Leviathon SUCKED!!! The climax of the ending was a big blob of evil goo that wanted to rule the world and was hiding in an underground cave. Spider-like creatures crawled into peoples mouths and made them robots for the big blob. Oh, and the blob ate some of the people, keeping them hanging onto it's skin in a pack of puss so it could continue to "feed" from them.This one got a big, fat, flaming turd rating from me - so much that I won't read the next book in the series - AND I'VE NEVER, EVER STOPPED A SERIES PART WAY.

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