The Trial of Fallen Angels

The Trial of Fallen Angels by James Kimmel, Jr. is more of a philosophical exploration of the question of justice then it is a novel.  The author, however, uses the novel framework to explore this question right up to the end where things get seriously weird.  In the book, Brek Cutler, a lawyer, finds herself dead and stuck in a sort of antechamber to the afterlife where she is apparently supposed to work as a lawyer defending souls in final judgment.  Don’t worry too much about the plot though because that’s not really what the book’s about.  All in all it is an interesting book though I found the author had too much of a tendency to telegraph where things were going.  I think this is a relic of the fact that he’s really, really trying to make a philosophical point here and not as interested in telling a story.

This book is worth taking a look at if you like to explore questions of justice & don’t mind some religious overtones.