Good Omens

The night wasn’t dark or stormy. It was supposed to be, but what do you expect from the weather? So, oddly enough, the birth of the future Antichrist was not marked by any cataclysms or unfavorable natural phenomena. Quietly and unnoticed, a golden-haired baby boy came into the world—or, as he would be called: the Enemy of the Human Kind, the Overthrower of Kings, the Angel of the Underworld, the Great Beast known as the Dragon, the Prince of this World, the Father of Lies, the Spawn of Satan, and the Lord of Darkness. The newborn’s upbringing was assigned to the demon Crowley and the angel Aziraphale. Both of them, in their own different ways, try to get involved in the child’s fate—but despite all efforts, instead of the coming Armageddon, the boy Mag is far more interested in baseball, a stamp collection, and banana-flavored chewing gum…