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  • Published: 15 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407053134
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

Angels of Destruction




A mesmerising second novel from the acclaimed author of The Stolen Child.

Angels of Destruction is the mesmerising story of Norah, a nine-year-old girl who seems to materialise out of thin air when she arrives one bitterly cold night on the doorstep of Margaret Quinn. A widow who lives alone, Margaret has never got over the loss of her own child, a runaway called Erica who fled with her high school sweetheart, Wiley, to join a '60s-style band of West Coast revolutionaries known as Angels of Destruction.

Norah becomes Margaret's secret, a child possessed of magical qualities. But who is she really? And what is her purpose here? And what is this strange child's connection to Margaret's missing daughter?

  • Published: 15 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407053134
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

About the author

Keith Donohue

Keith Donohue is the Director of Communications for the grant-making arm of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. He has written for the New York Times and the Washington Post and is the author of the bestselling novel The Stolen Child and Angels of Deception.

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Praise for Angels of Destruction

An intriguing, intelligent tale... Donohue creates a world both strange and surprising while also touching and compassionate

Antonia Charlesworth, Big Issue

Marvelous... Beautiful and wrenching

The Washington Post

This is a beautifully told story that's slightly eerie, compelling and sad

Natasha Harding, Sun