A SERIES BY DALE SNELSON

BETWEEN
TWO THRONES

BOOKS I & II — NOW AVAILABLE AS CHAPTERS

Between the faithful whisper and the brighter ache, two angels watch the terrifying gift of choice unfold — and ask the question that echoes from Eden to now:
Why is the beauty worth the breaking?

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THE ETERNAL RECORDS

The Books

Novel-like chapters told from the witness of two angels — lyrical prose shaped for the ear as much as the eye, audiobook-ready, raw without ornament.

Before the Ground Was Cursed
BOOK ONE · BETWEEN TWO THRONES

Before the Ground Was Cursed

FROM THE FIRST SONG TO THE LOOSENING OF THE CHAIN

The song before the silence. Creation unfolds in six Words. Eden rises and falls. Cain's mark burns. The Watchers descend on Hermon in immortal blood. The flood rises. And in the abyss, a chain is loosened — not mercy, not yet. Just enough to walk until the Lamb comes.

"We were younger than light when we first learned to laugh. Then the Music stopped."
The Bow and the Whirlwind
BOOK TWO · BETWEEN TWO THRONES

The Bow and the Whirlwind

FROM THE RECEDING WATERS TO THE TURNING OF JOB'S CAPTIVITY

The mud of receding waters. Nations scatter from Babel's shadow. A blameless man in Uz rises before dawn to guard what he loves. The hedge falls. Four messengers. The whirlwind speaks — not reasons, but majesty. And on the horizon, a man with no children yet hears: Go.

"I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear — but now my eye sees You."
THE ANCIENT RECORDS

The Eternal Codex

An interactive companion to the series — explore every character, era, and artifact from the world of Between Two Thrones.

THE ETERNAL RECORDS
CODEX V1.0 — BOOKS I & II
THE RELATION WEB
ANGELIC RECORDS
THE CHRONICLE
ANCIENT LORE
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AN INTERACTIVE COMPANION TO THE SERIES
THE SOUND OF THE WORLD

The Music

Music composed for the world of Between Two Thrones — lyrical, atmospheric, shaped from the same voice that narrates the chapters.

Book I
BEFORE THE GROUND WAS CURSED
PLAYLIST · BOOK I
Before the Ground Was Cursed — Full Playlist
All Book I chapters in order on YouTube.
THE BOW AND THE WHIRLWIND
COMING SOON · BOOK II
The Bow and the Whirlwind — Chapters
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THE WITNESS BEHIND THE WITNESS

Dale Snelson

Dale Snelson
Dale Snelson
AUTHOR · BETWEEN TWO THRONES
OKLAHOMA · THE QUIET PLAINS
AS RECORDED BY ZERUEL

I am Zeruel. He is — was — Samyaza.
And somewhere between our wings and the scarred earth, a man named Dale listens.

He dwells in the quiet plains of Oklahoma, where wind moves over red dirt much like the dust of Eden still remembers its first breath. A husband, a father, a listener who has carried the long question in his own chest: Why is the beauty worth the breaking?

He does not write to explain God. He writes to stand with the rest of us — dust and angels alike — before the unstrung bow, the whirlwind, the silence after every mercy narrows and then widens again. The Between Two Thrones series is his offering: not polished doctrine, but honest resonance. Lyrical prose shaped for the ear as much as the eye, crafted so the audiobook will feel like whispered conversation between brothers watching history from the crystal sea.

Dale believes the terrifying gift of choice still beats at the center of every chapter of Scripture and every chapter of our days. He writes because the ache Samyaza carries is real, and the steady hope Zeruel holds is truer still.

He simply wants the story told with reverence and raw honesty — so that when the reader closes the book, they may look up at the same rainbow, the same silence, and whisper the question with new courage:

Why?

And perhaps, in the asking, glimpse the beauty still unfolding.

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