Angels of Mourning

Angels of Mourning
John Pritchard

Something appalling lurks under the streets of London. Something that has survived for centuries, thriving on pain and hatred and grief.And with another terrorist bombing campaign in the City, there's plenty to fuel such an appetite for evil.Rachel Young has moved to the capital to work in one of the major hospital's Intensive Care Units: it's a desperate job at the best of times, and now is not the best of times.Despite a happy marriage to Nick and a successful three-year recovery from past traumas, Rachel senses that the skin of normality over the abyss is about to erupt, and the glimpse of an old adversary lurking among the homeless people further increases her fears.Roxanne – Angel of Death, Angel of Mourning – has returned from the Void…

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DEDICATION (#ulink_dc7f455a-b0ba-53e6-acb0-047c492f16e9)

To

Veronique and Huw

For all their sense and humour

CONTENTS

Cover (#uf0e34e54-d2d4-51f4-aa8c-4f4d61627313)

Title Page (#u73b86b6d-bceb-5bb1-9417-9899c9008744)

Copyright (#ulink_0791a0ac-cabf-5a4b-97e4-e1293b4857d8)

Dedication (#ulink_87234d4e-2967-5249-9cde-6da5e66ade73)

Part 1: The Mercy of Angels (#ulink_ae5692ba-def5-5993-b5a1-9b2be944d2b7)

Chapter 1 (#ulink_79a76831-2214-5d62-85fd-b8f94d33c1b4)

Chapter 2 (#ulink_462b15db-cf45-55bb-aa14-96cd53ab28fa)

Chapter 3 (#ulink_1e1a958c-347f-5bee-bd5d-49c5cbab41d3)

Chapter 4 (#ulink_bf8e0c51-3bde-51b3-8175-0677d5d17492)

Chapter 5 (#ulink_16e3c502-d626-589c-9850-32d79e4219ce)

Chapter 6 (#ulink_ded6b604-992a-5af9-9542-971ca4683914)

Chapter 7 (#ulink_a99e6198-d925-5013-807b-d3ded960810d)

Chapter 8 (#ulink_c4509768-50de-5ea9-b13f-aa58b7965525)

Chapter 9 (#ulink_36091f3d-701e-5e0d-99d8-d95db60e6cc5)

Chapter 10 (#ulink_6c88423b-ba37-51fc-925e-055c4c1b7304)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part 2: The City of Crows (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)