IMPS

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Derek is a kind hearted, sensitive person who makes a decision to find God to just ask a few questions. A decision that lands him in Hell. Along with four other ordinary chaps, Trevor, Lee, Jeff and an unlucky Adrian. Derek finds himself in a new small red body. He had been transformed into an imp, a worker of the underworld. Not good enough for heaven, not quite selfish enough for a direct trip to the lower levels of Hell, they have become Imps, menial servants of Hell, with a specific role. To take souls. A new age was to start on Earth where the weeds would be removed and the flowers allowed to grow. Their mission was to cause the untimely accidental death of those selfish souls who were the weeds destined for Hell. They learn how to become invisible and levitate objects as well as affecting the emotions of their targets. They are conditioned from the personality they were into efficient killers, albeit killers of evil souls. They also have to do some rather hideous chores. But there was a problem. Beelzebub, second in command of Hell, after Lucifer, had other ideas for their use. The targets given to the Imps were not all bad. Some of the Imps were ordered to take good souls for the evil plan of Beelzebub to start a war with Heaven, or at least to usurp Lucifer. Beelzebub also believed that Lucifer had no idea what was going on, but this was very wrong. The Imps complete their disturbing training, encouraged along by being regularly shown some examples of the sorts of punishments that awaited a failing Imp in the lower levels of hell. Their new life quickly becomes routine until a fateful request by Lee causes Derek to find that his new target is an ex-girlfriend. And Derek starts wondering. Their next target shows signs of being a good guy as well, so Derek convinces Adrian to use the transporter in Hell to return to Earth and do a runner with the intention of finding the heaven version of an Imp. Instead they find an Elite, the best of the best from Hell, called Gemma, who is amazed that Derek wondered anything at all. Something was just not right. Derek and Adrian then find themselves being chased to Heaven, meet God and an attractive Angel called Suki, and then voluntarily go back to the lower levels of Hell to help discover just what was going on with the good souls that had been taken. Such a violation causes the ancient pact between Heaven and Hell to be broken and so the final war for dominance over Earth was set irrevocably in motion. The imp heroes end up in the middle of Armageddon, fighting for their lives and the lives of some unlikely friends, Imps, demons and angels. And all the time one question resonates throughout the adventure, why does God not just stop it all. An adventure of a spirit looking for answers to mend a broken heart, a story elaborating on theological ideas about the existence of good and evil, Satan belongs in Heaven, or just a funny, twisted fantasy adventure that does not really have many boundaries. Oh and scattered throughout some interesting facts discovered during the authors research, like Were ancestors of Margaret Thatcher really transported to Australia for stealing chickens. On any level, its a good read.