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I don't know if this is in right spot. I thought I saw a post for readers but not sure. Ok, I picked up a Urban Fantasy book called Scar Night by Alan Campbell and am a little confussed by it.

So far it is about evil angles living in a place called Deepgate, I'm not sure if that's hell or just above it. They talk about gathering souls into the Abyss and storeing them for the war on Heaven. But then other times they talk as if God could help them? These are angles he just doesn't call them angles except for one which goes around killing everyone. Why would Hell have it's own enemy? I like the characters but the story is a little confussing. If you read it please, could you explain what is going on?

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I'm confused... do you mean "angels"?

As far as I understand the story, it's not really about God and the Devil. Deepgate is a city haning by chains above the "Abyss" which is the home of a God named Ulcis, who is storing souls because souls can grant a form of power. So, the main point here is that it is not exactly "Hell" as in the Christian mythos. There is a sort of pantheon with Gods of various things, and they consume souls and such because it makes them more powerful, or in the case of Carnival, allows her to keep living.
 
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I mean now I get it. I can't write tonight.
 
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