Shadow shrugged and reached for the gin, which happened to be closest at hand, put he'd paused in surprise with his hand halfway to the bottle.

"Brenda he asked incredulously. "She's Uriel?" Could angels even get pregnant? Hadn't that happened once in the Bible, and hadn't it been really bad? Shadow wished once again that he'd devoted more time of his study of mythology to the Judeo-Christan stuff.