Ferren and the Invaders of Heaven (The Ferren Trilogy)

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February 26, 2025
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In a retro-future world, the continents of our planet have been reduced to ruined wastelands after a thousand years of war between Heaven and Earth. The war began ten years on from our present time, when human medical scientists pushed over the boundary between life and death, resuscitated a human brain, discovered the reality of a Heavenly afterlife and ended up fighting against the angels. Now, Earth's military forces are composed of artificially created Humen, while the original human beings have been reduced to a mere survival existence, living in fearful, isolated tribes.
 
Miriael is the angel who was shot down, fell to Earth and miraculously survived; Ferren is the young tribesman who found her. Together they'e been building a Residual Alliance of human tribes willing to cast off their slavish 'alliance' to the Humen and stand up for themselves.
 
In Ferren and the Invaders of Heaven, the Residual Alliance is almost ready to act when the Humen find themselves a new leader and act first. Asmodai is a traitor angel far more dangerous than any Humen 'Doctor', and brings his own special powers to reinforce the secret weapons of Earth's armies. With Asmodai in charge, the Humen launch their long-planned invasion of Heaven.

Asmodai also has a particular interest in Miriael, who once fell in love with him. She has to untangle her new, human-like feelings, while Ferren has to sort out his own tangled feelings when Zonda reappears. Now he must deal with that past relationship while working through his new feelings for Kiet, which have become more than feelings of ordinary friendship.

The third book of the trilogy contains shocks and betrayals, a desperate pursuit, close encounters with the highest archangels, an amazing journey up to Heaven, and the wonders and terrors of terra-celestial warfare. The final battle in Heaven will be the turning point that decides the entire thousand-year war. But there are more twists to come before the end ...

From the author of Worldshaker, an extraordinary dystopia of angels and apocalypse.

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Ferren and the Invaders of Heaven
(Updated: June 04, 2026)
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As someone who reads a lot of fantasy novels (and I mean a lot), trilogies are very common.

To have a successful trilogy, the author must do the following:
Book 1 - Establish an interesting enough plot and world all while building character arcs.
Book 2 - Keep the momentum of Book 1 while continuing to build the characters story but make it different from Book 1 where it doesn't feel like you're re-reading the same book.
Book 3 - Don't mess up the ending.

And Richard Harland does this amazingly.

I was blown away with how good this series was and how each book kept getting better and better. The first book really builds the world and the characters. Book 2 does a great job building on that while giving new content. And Book 3? Wow... gave us a satisfying ending.

Ferren and the Invaders on Heaven picks up right after Book 2. The party splits with Shanna and Mirial staying behind to do further surveillance while the rest try to continue planning the Alliance and next steps. This book was full of tense moments that just made you want to scream - in the best way possible. It was so hard to put down because I just wanted to know what happened next. Every turn something was happening that the Residuals had to deal with. The plot kept moving, and I was along for the ride. I really enjoyed how everything ended.

But let's talk about these characters. The character growth of each one was amazing. When I think back on how these characters were in the first book to the ending - again, just wow. The arc and the story of each individual was so fleshed out and it was great to read how each one changed. We even got a little love triangle, and in my opinion - the best girl won ;). It was nice to see characters introduced in Book 1 come back while keeping the key players from the second book. I really enjoyed the growing relationship between Shanna and Mirial as well.

Overall, Ferren and the Invaders of Heaven by Richard Harlan was an amazing ending to this trilogy. I was blown away with how good this series was overall and now completely understand why it has such a die-hard fan base. The writing and storytelling just improves with each book, which is what you would expect. The plot moved so fast within this book, really bringing the intensity and urgency of each situation the characters were found in. Each of the characters had an amazing growth and I really enjoyed reading about each one. I was so happy with the ending for both Ferren and Mirial - it's exactly how I would have wanted for each of them. If you got this far in the series, don't stop now. Pick up this book and get the ending.

If you are reading this review first - then take this as your sign to pick up this wonderfully unique trilogy and enjoy the ride.
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