Abbadon is a grim place, cut off from the rest of creation and guarded by Michael and his warrior angels. It's the place to where fallen angels are deported.
Leader of the fallen angels is Samael, the first born archangel and Lord of Lightning Swiftness. I can't help but feel that the fallen angels who have followed him into Abbadon, such as Lucifer and Azazel, don't realise what they've let themselves in for. Maybe they thought they were going to Aberdeen - a much nicer place.
Samael likes to be called Prince and delights in freedom of thought and action so long as it only applies to him. He is complete ego and commits every deed that "others" - say it with a sneer! - might consider evil. He allows the drinking of essence (spiritual vampirism), introduces sin to the newly created humans and indulges in kidnap and extortion. Most of all, he wants to own the souls of other angels and is alarmingly close to realising this aim.
But if the love of the Source of the archangels can't save Samael, would the love of a good woman redeem him? Probably not. It seems that the archangel Malkura has greater feelings for his brother Seriel, who has accompanied him to Abbadon in a vain attempt to keep him out of trouble. And Seriel has a few surprises in store for everyone, including startling revelations about himself.
I thought Malkura was a very attractive character but her essence angel, Manah, - manna from heaven? - is brilliantly portrayed and sounds absolutely gorgeous, if something of a gossip.
Marion Webb-De Sisto has created a complete angelic society, just as today's physicists are putting forward the theory that angels created the universe.
Abbadon explores the human condition as well as that of divine beings and adds to our sense of wonder.