The Mammoth Book of Angels & Demons (Mammoth Books)

Twenty-seven fantasy tales from Neil Gaiman to George R. R. Martin, plus many more, are collected in this anthology of speculative fiction. The renowned storytellers assembled here will challenge our concept of good and evil and provide us with new ways of seeing right and wrong: even angels can fall and demons will strive for redemption.

We tend to think of angels as good and demons as evil, but angels do sometimes fall, and even demons have been know to seek redemption.

Humankind has long been fascinated by angels and demons ...

Angels - messengers, guardians, warriors - have been considered as friendly or fearful, godly guides or instruments of holy wrath, gentle bringers of comfort or merciless fighters, exalted or fallen.

Demons - adversaries, tricksters, rebels, tempters - have been seen as incorporeal forces of great supernatural evil as well as entities able to assume either terrifying or beautiful form in order to exercise their power.

Whether writing stories with absolute distinctions between unblemished good and pure evil or exploring the grey netherworld between, the imaginative and talented authors of these 27 fantasy tales are syre to delight and provoke in equal measure.