Lou Morgan - Rebellion

BORN AND RAISED in Wales, Lou Morgan studied medieval literature at UCL, and now lives in the south-west of England with her husband, son and the obligatory cat. Her first novel, Blood and Feathers , was published by Solaris Books in 2012, and her short stories have appeared in anthologies by Jurassic London, PS Publishing and Solaris.

She likes cathedrals and pizza (but probably not at the same time) and can be found online at loumorgan.co.uk or wasting time on Twitter as @LouMorgan.

EVERYONE AT SOLARIS Books, for all their incredible work and support: Jonathan Oliver, David Moore, Ben Smith, Pye Parr and Michael Molcher.

Kim, Bryony, Paul and Lee for the names.

Juliet, for the kwan.

Will and Vinny, for the phone calls, and for the occasional judicious application of beer and / or sanity.

My friends and my family, for their extraordinary patience and encouragement.

James and Oliver. Always. Because.

I am also grateful for the guidance on police equipment and procedures I’ve received: any inconsistencies or errors are entirely mine, and not those of my generous advisors.

Most of all, I am incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported the first book, and to everyone reading this now. It means the world.

With all my heart, thank you.

LM

JUST AS I did with Blood and Feathers , I wrote and edited Rebellion to a playlist. Most of these tracks fit to a specific scene or chapter... but which goes where, I’ll leave you to figure out for yourself.

Bleed it Out : Linkin Park

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark : Fall Out Boy

Iron : Woodkid

In My Remains : Linkin Park

Devil’s Choir : Black Veil Brides

Hell Above : Pierce the Veil

Professional Griefers : Deadmau5 feat. Gerard Way

iLL Manors : Plan B

Titanium : David Guetta feat. Sia

Finale (Original Mix) : Madeon

Edge of the Earth : 30 Seconds to Mars

Unknown Soldier : Breaking Benjamin

21 Guns : Green Day

Like A Dog Chasing Cars : Hans Zimmer

My Body is a Cage : Peter Gabriel

Skyfall : Adele

Jar of Hearts : Christina Perri

First Responder : Michael Wandmacher

Razors.Out : Chino Moreno

P5hng Me A*wy : Linkin Park

The angelic sigils which appear in Blood & Feathers are, technically, “real”... that is to say, these are some of the sigils historically used by alchemists and others as part of rituals to invoke or conjure angels: the most famous (or infamous) practitioner being John Dee.

Along with Edward Kelley, Dee devised (or “received,” as he claimed) an angelic language and alphabet which he recorded in his journals, and which later became known as Enochian.

The sigils for the six Choirs in the Blood & Feathers world are show below.

Barakiel

“If I told you Barakiel’s very handy round the card table...”

Gabriel

“When there’s nothing left but dust and ash and embers Gabriel will still be standing there with blood on his hands.”

Lucifer

“He is the darker side of death: rot and decay and fear and despair.”

Michael

“You want to know what Michael’s capable of? Anything .”

Raphael

“You’re a healer, aren’t you? That’s what you do , isn’t it, when you’re one of Raphael’s. That’s all you do.”

Zadkiel

If Zadkiel could make a hundred, two hundred people all forget what they had seen, what else could he do?