Kindred Author:Tammar Stein The first time I meet an angel, it is Raphael and I am eighteen. — Miriam is an unassuming college freshman stuck on campus after her spring break plans fall through. She’s not a religious girl – when pressed she admits reluctantly to believing in a higher power. Truth be told, she’s about as comfortabl... more »e speaking about her faith as she is about her sex life, which is to say, not at all. And then the archangel Raphael pays her a visit, and Miriam’s life will never be the same. Chosen to save two of her contemporaries, Miriam begins a desperate race to fulfill her mission. But why has she been chosen? And what is the real purpose behind her mission?« less