Satan's Last Bacon Sandwich

An angel. A gangster. A very smug devil. The end of the world begins here

By: Damian Jay Clay

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Apocalypse, betrayal, and one very inconvenient messiah.

When the sky tears open over Harrow, an angel falls, the Second Coming collapses in the street, and Satan turns out to have been running the local parish for forty years.

Awanye was born to walk the mortal world and learn pain. David is a career criminal with no idea he might also be the messiah. And Father Benedict? He’s been waiting two thousand years for this moment, and if he can’t kill the Son of God yet, he’ll ruin him the old-fashioned way.

From incense-choked churches to streets lit by burning wings, the apocalypse crashes into suburban England with brutal grace and vicious humour. As Heaven and Hell turn Harrow into a battlefield, three unlikely figures find themselves at the heart of a war that could reshape creation itself, or end it for good.

Lyrical, violent, and unexpectedly tender, Satan’s Last Bacon Sandwich is part spiritual epic, part action movie, part very dark joke, and a love story at the end of the world.

a bit of a mess, sans bacon

I don't usually leave negative reviews, but... this reads a bit like a Destiel AU fanfiction with the serial numbers filed off, which could be a fine thing but doesn't work out well here. I legitimately had a hard time tracking some of the leaps from cosmological to eschatological events. The queer romance needed more substance earn its payoff.

Pluses: Satan's perspective voice had some interesting personality. I liked the unexpected characterization of the Second Coming as a gangbanger who prays to Santa Muerte for aid.

I know AI narration is a tool to bring more stories to audio, & which is an accessibility issue for readers like me who have trouble with visual text. And, nothing can replace a real human voice actor for expressive tone and accurate pronunciation and emphasis, all of which add up to a smoother & more pleasant reading experience.