Angel Time (The Songs of the Seraphim #1) by Anne Rice

A DARK GOTHIC NOVEL OF SUSPENSE ABOUT ASSASSINS AND ANGELS, SET IN WORLDS PAST AND PRESENT - THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF 
THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES

Anne Rice returns to the mesmerising storytelling that has captivated readers for more than three decades in a dark gothic novel of suspense.

At its centre: Toby O'Dare - Lucky the Fox - a contract killer of underground fame. A soulless soul, a dead man walking, he's falled far from grace and lives under a series of aliases. Into his nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions comes a mysterious stranger, who offers him a chance to save lives, rather than destroy them. Lucky, who grew up in New Orleans, son of an alcoholic mother and a murdered father, long ago dreamt of being a priest, craving rituals, taking refuge in history, books and lute music - but instead came to embody danger and violence - now seizes his chance.

Lucky is listed in (angel) time and carried back through the ages, where he begins a journey of salvation that leads him from the medieval villages of England to the cities of London and Paris, as his quest becomes a story of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and love.