This book introduces powerful demon lords that war against the angels of light. He unveils the war between these two Lords that has been waged 6000 years of human history. Within this novel it reveals the importance of prayer for without meditation angels cannot defeat the Lords of Darkness.
In this novel the wars are fiercer because, in other novels the conflicts take place at the end of the book. Mr. Townsend allows the reader to see that whatever takes place in this world could possibly be happening because of the war in the spirit realm.