'Servant will delight... The star of the show is Azriel of wondrous Babylon, circa 600 B.C... a wrathful angel, a demon bent on revenge... [Rice] doesn't let go until we're rapturous, on our knees, begging for more.' -San Francisco Chronicle 'Rice at her descriptive best... Her imaginative energies are at their strongest.' -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)