St. Michael - Ransom: Shards of Crystal
This image was originally created in black and white for the sci-fi trilogy, Ransom: Shadow of an Empire! It's now been fully colorized. I hope you will love it as much as I do, and I hope you had a lovely feast of the Archangel Michael yesterday! -
Does this seem like a strange image to include in a sci-fi story? Hm. . . maybe it is partly an excuse for a good image of St. Michael, but then again perhaps not! I won’t spoil why he’s in Shards of Crystal, so you’ll have to read the book to find out.
This depiction of St. Michael is inspired by the statue found crowning the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, where, according to tradition, after many prayers by the people, St. Michael appeared and put an end to the plague ravaging the city at the time - hence why the original statue is depicted sheathing his sword.
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