Even arch-angels like to play, so after Satan has left heaven, the rest try their hands at playing demi-god for a time . . . When it is time for them to return they make their Master a challenge they will pick a champion and so will God, whichever contestant wins they will have control of the Earth and its inhabitants . . Okay so not everything goes as planned . . . What happens when both men die

They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of literature’s elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches, Engel provides fascinating anecdotes.

The first season of the Tor.com Collection includes the following Tor.com audiobooks originally published separately in the Fall of 2015:The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante WilsonWitches of Lychford by Paul CornellSunset Mantle by Alter S. ReissBinti by Nnedi Okorafor (2016 Hugo Award winner for Best Novella)The Last Witness by K.J. ParkerOf Sorrow & Such by Angela SlatterEnv...