Descrição do livro
Heaven’s just the prologue. The real story starts after!
Beyond the Pearly Gates is a genre-bending, fourth-wall-breaking, emotionally charged satire that turns the afterlife into a cosmic playground—and storytelling into a self-aware spectacle.
When Lisa Conti, a half-English, half-Italian folk musician with a Mafia-shadowed past, dies trying to save her uncle’s crumbling Liverpool pub, she wakes up in Heaven. But this isn’t the serene cloudscape of popular imagination. It’s a celestial bureaucracy tangled in Eternity Plasma™, goat-plagued Earthly chaos, and a narrator who won’t stop interrupting.
Meanwhile, Hell is ruled by Baphomet, a vengeful queen with a taste for avocados, cannabis, and cosmic revenge. Her cursed dung is turning humans into bleating Ungulates, and her robotic enforcers and guano-bombing birds are just the beginning. When Jimmy—a miracle-working guitarist and reluctant Messiah—is kidnapped, Lisa joins a ragtag crew of misfits to infiltrate Hell and rescue him. Their journey spans pirate towns, cursed forests, and celestial sitcom reruns, all while dodging divine politics and demonic surveillance.
This is metafiction with teeth. The narrator breaks the fourth wall, critiques the prose, and occasionally questions your life choices. Characters know they’re in a book. The story knows it’s being read. And somewhere between the satire and the soul-searching, you’ll find yourself laughing, crying, and wondering what it all means.
MP Ellis delivers a novel that’s as irreverent as it is introspective—a celebration of resilience, redemption, and the absurd beauty of human connection. With cultural references, cosmic heists, and emotional gut-punches, Beyond the Pearly Gates is perfect for fans of Good Omens, Douglas Adams, and anyone who likes their existential crises served with a side of absurdity.
Whether you’re here for the celestial satire or the philosophical punchline, this book invites you to laugh, reflect, and maybe even rewrite your own ending.
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