#9 in Horror
Between Two Fires
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Our view
“Between Two Fires” is medieval horror with a heart: a disgraced knight and an orphaned girl crossing a plague year in which angels fight demons. Some readers single out the redemption at its centre, the unexpected humour and the weight of its religious imagery. The journey strikes others as episodic and its later stretches as repetitive. It will appeal most to readers drawn to dark fantasy steeped in saints and scripture.
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About the book
Between Two Fires is a 2012 historical fiction horror novel by Christopher Buehlman. Set during the Black Death, it follows a disgraced knight and a mysterious young girl who travel across France, as Lucifer and other fallen angels start another war with Heaven.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 563 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 8 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 555 | 99% |
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