The Beatrice Chronicles by David Maher

Some souls are not saved. They are earned

For two hundred years, Teague has served his sentence: a purgatory lived on the rain-slicked streets of the mortal world. Cursed for a past sin, his atonement is his guardianship; the protection of souls on the edge of a precipice.

His solitary penance is shattered by Beatrice, a Principality of Heaven. Her choice to forsake divine law for love is not a fall from grace, but a transformation so profound it tears the very fabric of reality, dissolving the ancient barriers between Heaven, Hell, and Earth. As the old order crumbles, a new world struggles to be born, one where Hell founds institutions of learning and Heaven is forced into a painful reformation. Amidst this chaos, a guardian serving his penance must choose to become the cornerstone of a new covenant.

For this is not a story of a war between good and evil, but of the moment they were forced to build a future together.

The Guardian's Vow

A Sentence Born of Vengeance, Served in Guardianship

In 1850, after the brutal death of his wife, Teague Blackwood’s grief curdled into a furious vengeance. He hunted down the three men responsible and killed them. His own life ended at the end of a rope, but his execution was not an end. It was the beginning of a sentence: a purgatory to be served on the mortal plane.

For two hundred years, his atonement has been his guardianship. Eternally thirty-five, with piercing green eyes and a black leather jacket that has seen ages pass, he is a weapon and a shield in one. Fused with the ancient Shadowblade, he protects the vulnerable from the kind of darkness he knows intimately. His is a long journey from a man consumed by a cold, singular purpose to one who must learn the meaning of forgiveness, not just for others, but for himself. He is the guardian whose personal redemption becomes the first tremor of a cosmic revolution.

A Choice of Redemption

The Angel Who Dared to Rewrite Heaven

Beatrice is a Principality, a governor of a celestial sphere, her existence defined by the immutable laws of Heaven. From her divine vantage, she watches the two-hundred-year penance of a single guardian, and in his solitary atonement, she sees a question the heavens cannot answer.

Her love for a mortal man compels her to an impossible choice. It is not a fall. It is a remaking. Her decision to forsake divine law is an act of creation so profound its first tremor dissolves the ancient barriers between worlds. She discovers the mortal ache of connection, the beauty of art that moves the soul, and a love that rewrites reality.

Her wings, once the pure white of celestial light, now hold the grey of a new dawn. She is the architect of a new Heaven, the angel who proves that true power is not found in enforcing the old rules, but in having the courage to write a new one.

Step Into the Saga

Embark on an unforgettable journey through the Beatrice Chronicles, where a single choice can remake eternity. Unravel the mysteries of immortality and face the moral dilemmas that define our heroes. Are you ready to witness the world’s rebirth?