The media has dubbed him the Seraphim Killer, but Gabriel isn't murdering anyone―he's saving them. Gabriel believes the gods have called him to release The Chosen - those for whom life has become an unbearable torment. He feels their suffering: his hands burn, his skull thunders, his stomach clenches. Once they are free, he places gold coins over their eyes to pay Charon for passage into Paradise. Detective Marlowe Gentry has spent the past...