Saviors 101: the first book of the Reluctant Messiah - Deities Anonymous #2

M. L. Buchman

Sinossi

The Gods sent Dana Murphy to Seattle to save the Earth. But, no one remembered to tell her that. 
The problem? In a fit of ennui, the Software that Runs the Universe launches the Armageddon subroutine. Now, all Creation won't last the week. 
Dana's assets: 
• The Best Friend – dropped out of Girl Scouts to drive race cars 
• The Boy Friend – an aerodynamics major who goes with the flow 
• The Nerd – wrote the hottest new on-line game 
• The Devil – who's in hiding. 
• A pint-size angel with a talking disorder—she never shuts up. 
• A poet and a prophet with over five thousand years combined experience at being dead. 
The forces of evil are amassing. 
Then the gods start bickering...

Disponibile da: 09/07/2013.

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