Uriel's Fall

Ubiquity, Book 1

By: Loralie Hall

Narrated by: Leanna Abbott

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

What's a corporate demon to do when the voice in her head is devouring her sanity from the inside out, and the hosts of heaven and hell would rather see her destroyed than surrender a power no one should possess?

Ronnie has the job any entry-level angel or demon would sell their soul for - she's a retrieval analyst for the largest search engine in the world. Ubiquity is a joint initiative between heaven and hell. Because what better way to track all of humanity's secrets, both good and bad, than direct access to their web browsing habits?

She might appreciate the position a little more if a) she could remember anything about her life before she started working at Ubiquity, b) the damn voice in her head would just shut up already, and c) her boss wasn't a complete control freak.

As she searches for solutions to the first two issues, and hopes the third will work itself out in performance reviews, she uncovers more petty backstabbing than an episode of Real Housewives, and a conspiracy as old as Lucifer's descent from heaven. On top of all that, if she forgets the cover sheet on her TPS report one more time, she's absolutely going on final written warning.

Now Ronnie's struggling to keep her sanity and job, while stopping the voice in her head from stealing her life. She almost misses the boredom of retrieval analysis at Ubiquity. Almost.

©2014 Loralie Hall (P)2016 Loralie Hall

New twist on the old demons and angels rhetoric

What made the experience of listening to Uriel's Fall the most enjoyable?

I came across the audiobook for Uriel's Fall while looking for a narrator for my own work, and I must say the short two-minute sample I heard was enough to drive me over to Audible, register for an account, and download it.Uriel's Fall doesn't waste time with the old good vs. evil rhetoric when it comes to demons and angels, and I couldn't be happier for that. Hall brings a fresh look into the day-to-day lives of the inhabitants of Heaven and Hell, and Ubiquity is very much a day-to-day job. I love how she manages to meld the supernatural with the mundane seamlessly. This could very well be happening in the real corporate world and we would never know.Ronnie is a fun character. Her snark helps to save her sometimes whiny and naive disposition. I mean, when you are a demon who can't remember anything past three months ago, and had to have Lucifer pull strings to get you a job that feels daunting, I guess you have some things to whine about. And things don't seem to be getting any better when an aggressive, bully-centric, and blood-thirsty voice suddenly starts talking to you, mocking your private thoughts. Especially when the voice appears to want a bloody vengeance against the three most powerful angels of all time.Hall manages to keep the story flowing, effortlessly dialoguing Ronnie and the voice as she sets out to juggle a confusing love triangle between her, Gabriel, and Michael, figure out why Lucifer has suddenly become distant and unhelpful with getting her memories back, fighting with a d*** boss, and discovering what, or who, killed Metatron centuries ago and why she is connected to her death.This book has quickly become one of my favorites and I can't wait to sink my teeth into more. DEFINITELY worth a read, or listen!

What does Leanna Abbott bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Leanna's smooth, crisp, and pleasant voice made listening super easy. She flawlessly managed to juggle multiple characters, male and female, as well as consistently individualizing a very difficult inner-monologue scenario. She definitely knows how to being in the raw emotions throughout the book.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Demon-employee Uriel might be sufficient at finding rogue cherubs for Ubiquity, THE search engine for heaven and hell, but finding her past, and how it connects to the vengeful voice in her head, is one job that might be out of her league.