Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France Science Fiction

<p><strong>La Revolte des Anges (1914) is often considered France's most profound novel.</strong> Loosley based on the Christian myth of the War in Heaven it tells the story of Arcade the guardian angel of Maurice d'Esparvieu. Arcade falls in love joins the revolutionary movement of angels and towards the end realizes that the overthrow of God is meaningless unless in ourselves and in ourselves alone we attack and destroy Ialdabaoth.</p>