An Ocean Full of Angels
An Ocean Full of Angels
by Peter Kreeft
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A haunted coastline. A Muslim philosopher. A prophecy about “hastening the sun.” In his only novel, Peter Kreeft trades syllogisms for sea storms and gives us ‘Isa ben Adam—philosopher, fighter, lover, possible messiah, definite troublemaker. Raised on the rocky shores of New England, ‘Isa grows up believing the ocean breathes because an angel lives inside it. He may be right.
What follows is not a tidy interfaith parable but a theological carnival. In one improbable household gather a Dutch Calvinist seminarian, a sharp-tongued Black feminist allergic to religious pretension, mystics who may be saints or madmen, skeptics, seekers, and accidental prophets arguing about God over dinner while history burns outside the door. There are sea serpents and rogue waves, a demon named Hurricano, and something suspiciously like Armageddon at Fenway Park.
Playful, tragic, and audaciously hopeful, An Ocean Full of Angels explores the unseen drama beneath modern history, where Islam and Christianity collide and grace moves like a hidden tide beneath ordinary lives. Kreeft writes with the wit of Chesterton and the moral fire of Dostoevsky, inviting readers to discover a world far more crowded—and far more meaningful—than it appears.
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“Every time I read Peter Kreeft, I am reminded of C. S. Lewis. This time, upon reading Peter Kreeft’s only novel, I am reminded of C. S. Lewis’s greatest novel, Till We Have Faces. As with Lewis’s literary masterpiece, An Ocean Full of Angels will mystify the reader. But it will do more than that. It will mystify in order to testify. It takes us to the place where the deepest mysteries of the cosmos are solved and resolved. It takes us to that sacred space where theological faith and philosophical reason meet. An Ocean Full of Angels is a journey to the center of the truth, taking us through the realm of mystery to the presence of Mystery Himself.”
—Joseph Pearce, author of Beauteous Truth: Faith, Reason, Literature, and Culture and editor of the St. Austin Review
“Reading Peter Kreeft’s work never ceases to feel like riding a magic carpet—pure adventure, both heavily philosophical and deeply readable. This novel dazzlingly tells the story of humanity through the eyes of a clear-eyed narrator. ‘Isa Ben Adam’s tale is a masterpiece from one of Catholicism’s truest masters.”
—Claire Swinarski, author of The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County and The Very Best Mother
“With characteristic wit and insight, Peter Kreeft plunges us into deep mystical waters in An Ocean Full of Angels... A novel that portrays a world ‘charged with the grandeur of God’ while pulling back the veil on the unseen battle between heaven and hell.”
—Rhonda Ortiz, author of the Molly Chase novels and editor in chief of Dappled Things magazine
“An Ocean Full of Angels is a novel that could only come from the mind of Kreeft: unflinching in its devotion to the Truth.”
—Sohrab Ahmari, bestselling author of From Fire, By Water and The Unbroken Thread