Fallen

Beginning with the murder of Abel by his brother, "Fallen" rewinds through fury and jealousy, lust and despair, right back to the bite from the apple and mankind's first taste of shame. What drove Cain to do the unthinkable? Was God justified in banishing Adam and Eve from Paradise? And did the harshness of the outer world teach them not only to survive but how to kill? From the bones of this age-old tale, David Maine weaves a compulsively readable and startlingly modern human drama of love, betrayal and rage. We know the end of the story - but how did it really begin?