[How it Works](https://queerasbooks.binderybooks.com/how-it-works/) [Bookshop](https://queerasbooks.binderybooks.com/books/bindery/) [Publishing](https://queerasbooks.binderybooks.com/publishing/) [Team](https://queerasbooks.binderybooks.com/team/) [Contact](https://queerasbooks.binderybooks.com/contact/) Log in or Sign up Angels & Man Rafael Nicolás Save to Your Books [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/107860/9798987043585) [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYRPP5X5?tag=orlandoreads-20) 100% of affiliate revenue supports Queer as Books A Queer Retelling of the Watcher's Flood The angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the aftermath of Satan's fall, the angels live in the reconstructed ruins of an old utopia, oppressive and paranoid of any new rebellion. The angel Samyaza is content in Heaven, but he longs for the eternal city's former glory. Watching the feeble humans below, wallowing in sin for centuries after Adam and Eve, he sees opportunity to earn back the Lord's favor. 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