Killer Angels
You may have already guessed this, but the "killer angels" found in the book's title are… wait for it… human beings. That's a pretty snazzy metaphor, and it was inspired partly by Hamlet—now...
The Divine Spark and "Animal Meat"
Religion is a big topic, and it's one Chamberlain and his friend Buster Kilrain come back to again and again in The Killer Angels. Chamberlain, a religious man, believes that all people are equal b...
The Rain
The Killer Angels ends when a storm strikes after the battle, raining down on the corpses: The light rain went on falling on the hills above Gettysburg, but it was only the overture to the great st...