Update!! Long overdue, I know,...

As the rapper Rakim said, "It's been a long time, I shouldn't've left you..." but, nevertheless I have returned to the blog-world and with my return a long-awaited update.  I am currently writing chapter 14 of an intended 19. Yes!! 13 chapters have been completed, and it's all good, if I do say so myself.  The long break from spring was not intentional, life happens, and some things in life as it happens,...well, we just have no control over.  But the things we DO have control over, we must seize it and work it! 

Anyway, back to the book,...I have been striving from day one to make this a book that as soon as you pick it up you will not want to put it down, which would then turn into fanaticism, which would then turn into viral conversations and advertisement, which would then turn into mass nationwide recognition of my work, which would then turn into scripts being written, which would then turn into a movie and then a TV series, and so on and so forth.  So understand, writing a "best-seller" is hard work! But, I am back on the job (and blog)! And I will keep you updated.  Thanks for the patience, thanks for the word of mouth, and thanks for just...well, I am just being thankful.  

Peace.

Bio: Ezra'el

 Ezra'el is the first female "Angel of Death" and Commander of Havoc-Corps, her original name is Alonna  bnt Mika'el, as she is the daughter of the archangel Mika'el (not introduced in the prologue).  She bested the son of the former "Angel of Death" Azra'el Mumeet, Mujahid ibn Mumeet, in all of the Havoc-Corps training and trials as well as defeating him after he insulted her saying it was not a woman's place to lead Havoc-Corps breaking tradition. She nearly killed him in a final challenge, but chose to spare his life opting instead to thrust her karambit-styled blade through his lower jaw up into his mouth, hooking his tongue.  Azra'el's son submitted and yielded and Ezra'el made him her 2nd in Command.  Mujahid ibn Mumeet has the utmost respect and loyalty toward her now and is secretly in love with her, which was part of the motivation for his insult.

   Ezra'el is 5'8" in height, extremely athletic, and built like a gymnist.  She is very strong for her size through years of conditioning and training, and her fighting style is very fluid with a combination of elements that resemble Indonesian and Afro-Brazilian fighting arts such as Penjak Silat and Capoeria.  She generally wields two khopesh-style short swords, as well as two Filipino karambit-style blades.  She is always modestly dressed, covered from head to toe, and her main outfit, like all of Havoc-Corps, is a special fabric composed of a spider-silk and high quality steel mesh blend that is bullet-proof and technologically advanced in its make-up outside of anything known in modern science. Her foot-wear is of similar make with a flexible high-quality steel sole in-laid with a unique, thin, rubber sole making her footsteps nearly inaudible when she walks.  She was born in Washington, D.C. but was taken by her father, along with her mother, at about age 4 to the continent of Africa and raised in the small, independent nation of South I'carlnoa located near the borders of Rwanda and the Republic of the Congo. She is very mission-oriented and focused and has proven to be one of the most deadliest angels of death in the history of the role.
 

Character bio: Sijil

Sijil, who rescues Michael Floyd Beverly in the prologue, is known for carrying a special briefcase and unique business-style "cards." He always sports a white-silk tie and business-like attire.  He handles much affairs in the field as a special liaison on behalf of Jabril.  Not much else is known about him personally besides the fact he comes from Morocco and speaks several languages.  It is not known how he travels and seems to appear wherever called to, but there is no place he cannot get to or get inside of.  He is nearly as dangerous as Ezra'el in fighting, and actually turned down the post/billet 'Angel of Death' decades before Ezra'el assumed the position.  He has an uncanny sense of timing in fighting and is deceptively fast at the height of 5'11" with a slim, athletic build, hardly noticeable through the business attire he always wears.

Origin of the concept for 'Archangels, Inc'

According to BlogSpot I have over 850 page views to date and I am super excited and appreciative of all who have taken time to review my prologue and spread the word about my project.  I just wanted to take a moment to share the origin of the concept for this book.  It started with a conversation I had about 15 years ago or so with my father who is now passed on (d.10-2-11).  Unfortunately, my father had a heroine addiction which began in his youth and he had battled with it for decades.  He shared with me in a phone conversation once, as I was living in California and he was in Maryland at the time, that when I was about 11 years old he had an overdose and was clinically dead for several minutes.  He was on the streets somewhere in Washington, D.C. when this occurred and there was a man, a stranger, who happened upon him and called the ambulance.  This stranger accompanied my father to the hospital when the ambulance arrived and remained with my father for three days until his release.  When my father regained consciousness he told me he had amnesia temporarily.  The man that accompanied him had returned his wallet back to him and showed him the couple of photos that were inside of his family.  So, I asked my father if he ever found out this man's name or stayed in touch with him and he told me no.  The man left before my father was released from the hospital, never to be seen or heard from again.  I said, "Woah! What if this person was an angel?" to which my father responded that he believed he was.  And so this conversation led to the thought about all of the people who have had someone intervene in their lives in a time of need, a "good Samaritan" so to speak, whom they knew nothing about and may never have seen again.  I thought it an interesting topic and thought of the concept of this book based on that conversation with my father.  My imagination led me to conceive of a world where there may be a secret organization of these "angels" who act according to a higher plan of action.  And so there it is in a nutshell, next weekend I will post brief bios on the characters Sijil and Ezra'el.  Stay tuned and help me to continue spreading the word.  Thank you for reading.

Mikaeel

Thanks for reading and checking out my blog spot. And thanks for the inquiries as to what 'Archangels, INC: Armageddon Now' is about. To answer, I pose the following questions (I know you're not supposed to answer a question with a question(s) but I was also told that sometimes the answer is IN the question):

What if angels were real people and the biblical and Qur'anic descriptions of them were merely allegorical?

What if the biblical "rapture" already took place and had a different meaning than taught in church?

What if the 2nd coming of Jesus already occurred?

What if almost everything you believed in and was generally accepted by the masses was a lie?

What if the Judgment was now and angels began punishing the guilty?

What if Armageddon was happening right now and the end of the wicked world as we know it was being orchestrated to its end to usher in the New World?

These are the types of issues that will be addressed in my soon to be NY Times best-seller! So, thanks for checking out my prologue, more to come!

I am finally getting with the times, as far as blogging goes, and I am using this forum to debut the prologue of what I believe will be a best-selling book/graphic novel of which I hope to have a screenplay for and eventually become a movie.  My work is entitled 'Archangels, INC: Armaggedon Now', "Archangels, INC" for short and my concept is unlike any other to my knowledge.  Everyone I have pitched this concept to seems to get enthralled in the story and so I am hoping to use this blog to share a portion of the prologue with you and get some feedback.

I have always loved reading and story-telling since a young age, and I was a graphic novel/comic book enthusiast when I was younger, too.  I especially love a good sci-fi or martial arts movie, and also have my list of favorites from the action-adventure and western categories.  When I look at plots and stories of other movies and graphic novels I'm always thinking of how I would have improved on the story or characters, or how I would have written differently altogether.  And so 'Archangels, INC' represents a story that has been about 15 years in the making that I believe will challenge what you believe, give you thought-provoking subjects relative to today's world, and hopefully draw you into a story and attract you to certain characters that will keep you wanting to read more. So, my next blog will feature the first segment of the prologue but just to give you an idea of what you are in for I leave you with this:

“There are no vampires, werewolves, witches, or ghosts.  There are angels…they are extraordinary human beings.  There are devils, people whose evils are not confined to themselves.  There is the War of Armageddon, and we are in it.” – Michael “Eagle Eye” Beverly, author of the book ‘Unrighteous Betrayal’

I thank you for taking time to check out my blog, stay tuned for more, and as the prologue is put on this site I will be more than happy to entertain questions concerning the characters, concept, and story.

Peace,
Mikaeel,
Author of 'On Military Science: A Guide to Understanding the Meaning of F.O.I. (Vols. 1-3, copyright 2011/12)' and Creator/Author of 'Archangels, INC: Armageddon Now'