D James Benton

Bat-elohim D James Benton

Ashley thinks she has finally figured out her role and how she came to be the last of seven seraphim-complete opposite of the first and the only bat-Elohim. But God has so much more planned for her than this. She easily diffuses an invasion from space by aliens, who aren't aliens at all, but rather descendants of Cain, returning to Earth after trashing Xantha. Pictures of Ashley are everywhere, precluding anonymity and eliminating any hope of returning to school or pretence of being a normal teenager. She bounces from one natural disaster to another, always trying to rescue people from the hard things of life, but never quite able to reach that elusive goal. Her anxiety grows day-by-day until a calamity strikes that breaks her heart. Every conceivable action leaves scores, even hundreds, dead or suffering. There is no escape from the horns of this dilemma. Frozen by indecision, Ashley fails to act and helplessly watches the destruction unfold. She flies to the place of solitude, the heavenly Garden of which Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives is but a copy, and there awaits the Savior's comforting presence. Jesus has planned a surprise-and a new perspective-a pitch for His little angel to consider. Ashley is hurled like a baseball through the heavens to her next assignment. Where and when will it be?