the gospel, retold from the perspective of lucifer, no sympathy for the devil was a finalist for the 2024 page turner writing award and long listed for the 2024 chanticleer chaucer book award for early-period historical fiction. the year is 28 ad, and lucifer reigns as the undisputed prince of this world. everything changes when the voice of the most high fills the earth, heralding in the ministry of the angel of the lord. in the form of jesus of nazareth, the son of god is made flesh. fearing the angel of the lord has come to usher in the day of final judgment, lucifer soon discovers that jesus has only come to teach a new doctrine. but when even jesus's disciples begin to work miracles and cast out demons, lucifer devises a plan to turn the whole world against him--beginning with his apostles peter and judas. lucifer wagers that with the death of his only begotten son at the hands of the children of adam, the most high will have no choice but to see their true nature, and welcome lucifer, the once-favored son of heaven, back home. but perhaps, the end game is something lucifer never saw coming. ambitious, provocative, and engaging no sympathy for the devil makes the oldest story entirely new.