A captain among the malakim, Tedra’el is a warrior honed by obedience and crowned with quiet authority. He rarely speaks, but when he does, his words carry the weight of an army’s silence. Though less known than his archangelic kin, among those who have fought beside him, his name is written in iron and prayer. He leads not through force of personality, but through the unshakable steadiness of one who does what must be done. When a battlefield trembles, Tedra’el does not flinch, he waits. Until the Lord’s answer comes. When empowered, he is unstoppable: cannon shells dissolve against divine light; blades find their mark with surgical finality. He is not reckless. He is not swift. He is inevitable. To the gibborim under his command, he is more than a sword-arm, he is a reminder that power begins on one’s knees. The mightiest warriors, he teaches, are first servants.
Once John Brown, a decorated military officer, farmer and Church Deacon, The resurrected John Booker is a man who spent 30 years trying to live up to his preconception of Heaven instead of embracing his destiny. He leave the life of a worship leader in New Jerusalem to follow his natural urge to be a Royal Navy Marine. He soon catches the attention of Micha’el, General of the Lord’s host himself. The book, Restitution, recounts the event of his first mission. He boards the derelict hunter class starship, Restitution, in order to rescue its insane single occupant. Instead, he become a victim of that creature’s tormented psyche. His journey through the Redemption series peels away the layers of duty, faith, and love, as he struggles to reconcile a fractured past with a future that demands sacrifice. Booker isn’t just a protagonist—he’s a fulcrum where justice, mercy, grace and sheer determination collide.
James Murphy is John Bookers best friend. A former coal miner in 19th century Ireland, he got into Heaven ‘by the skin of his teeth’ at his own admission. He wasn’t a believer when he was trapped in a rockfall and killed. Christ met him at the junction between life and the afterlife and offered him one last chance to follow Him. James took that chance. Now he follows John into battle as a wise cracking, slightly neurotic foil to John’s ever serious nature..
Eli Coombs is a giant of man at 7.5ft tall. On Old Earth he had a reputation for slinging sinners over his shoulder and dragging them kicking and screaming to his church where he would preach fire and brimstone at them. Now he serves faithfully as the dauntless and highly respected first officer of the Royal Navy Starship Redemption,