The Alleluia Files is a science fiction

Science fiction

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/fantasy

Fantasy

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 novel

Novel

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 by Sharon Shinn

Sharon Shinn

Sharon Shinn is an American novelist who writes combining aspects of fantasy, science fiction and romance. She has published more than a dozen novels for adult and young adult readers. She works as a journalist in St. Louis, Missouri and is a graduate of Northwestern University.Sharon is a...

, published in 1999. It is the third book in the Samaria series.

Plot summary

Generations ago, religious people built a colony spaceship called 'Jehovah'. A planet called Samaria was established. The colony ship, orbiting above, was able to provide supplies and services. These were accessed by genetically modified 'angels', who were the only ones capable of performing the right vocal tones.

Over the generations, the concept of the ship was forgotten and it was believed Jehovah was an actual deity. Now factions of 'angels' fight against rebel forces called 'Jacobites'. The angels want to keep their power and the Jacobites wish to know the truth.

Samaria Series

• Archangel
  Archangel (Shinn novel)
  Archangel is a 1997 science fiction novel by Sharon Shinn. It is the first book in the Samaria series of novels.- Plot summary :Samaria is a planet that has been settled with colonists from a different planet some time in the past. The colonists made the journey in a spaceship named Jovah, which...
  
  (Ace Books
  Ace Books
  Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
  
  , 1997)
• Jovah's Angel
  Jovah's Angel
  Jovah's Angel is a 1998 science fiction/fantasy novel by Sharon Shinn. It is the second book in the Samaria series of novels.- Plot summary :...
  
  (Ace Books, 1998)
• The Alleluia Files (Ace Books, 1999)
• Angelica (Ace Books, 2003) Although this is the fourth novel in the Samaria series, it is set before the first book Archangel.
• Angel-Seeker
  Angel-Seeker
  Angel-Seeker is a fantasy novel by Sharon Shinn, published in 2004. It is the fifth novel in the Samaria series. It is set shortly after Archangel.-Plot summary:...
  
  (Ace Books, 2004)

External links

• Review of The Alleluia Files at The SF Site.