A fallen angel risks oblivion to save the life of the woman who spurned him. Once, after He'd had too much to drink, God misplaced His sketchbook. As usual, Metatron cleaned up the Old Guy's snafu. He had to trade the Ten Commandments (twice) but God's chief angel got the sketchbook back before anything too awful happened. Something more embarrassing is missing now. Stolen, actually. A love letter written by God Himself. This is not Penemuel's problem. He has his own troubles. After the angel proposed marriage to his charge, Sara dumped him. Something about the fact that her Guardian is actually a fallen angel and she's afraid of going to Hell. Catholic girls, what can you do? The stolen love letter turns into Penemuel's problem when he becomes an unwilling accomplice in the theft. Metatron releases the Hounds of Heaven, two very-uncute Cherubim with a taste for ice and blood, to track the thief. Penemuel has the letter but Sara has the unwelcome visitors. She also has enough guts to fight and run. Penemuel barely escapes Famous Heaven and the amnestic laundromat of Purgatory in time to take her to the only place where they might stand a snowball's chance - Hell. But even Hell can't stop the Hounds and Penemuel loses everything he loves. Now he will brave the void called Daath to bring back Sara, along with God's forbidden old flame, Lucifer.