''Chariot of Fire'' is a

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

novel by E. E. Y. Hales first published in 1977 by Doubleday in the US and later by

Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.H ...

in the UK.

Plot summary

''Chariot of Fire'' is a novel about Henry Brock and begins about 20 minutes after his death, where after filling out a long form totaling the times he sinned with his girlfriend, he is then assigned to the Second level of Hell, and

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...

asks for his aid in a revolution against

Satan Satan, also known as the Devil, is a devilish entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the '' yetzer hara'', or ' ...

Reception

C. Ben Ostrander reviewed ''Chariot of Fire'' in ''

The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...

'' No. 12. Ostrander commented that "I can't spoil the ending, but I don't want you to buy this book unless you are curious about myths and religious snicker/snackery." ''

Kirkus Reviews ''Kirkus Reviews'' is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media, is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, no ...

'' states "A painless Christian homiletic with some inventive Upper Form hilarity."

References

1977 British novels 1977 fantasy novels Doubleday (publisher) books Fiction about the Devil Fictional depictions of Cleopatra in literature Novels about the afterlife {{1970s-fantasy-novel-stub