A Flight of Angels starts when some faerie creatures see something fall from the sky. They go to investigate and find an angel has fallen from heaven. After discovering the angel lives, they decide to hold a tribunal to decide the unconscious angel's fate. And so those assembled tell stories about angels in order to decide this one's fate.
Besides that framing narrative, there are five tales told by the faerie creatures. Of all of them, I liked the first one best; it was a retelling of Adam and Eve (and the art from the cover is from this tale). The next two tales were about death. One had an angel who was bad at everything, and so found himself as an angel of Death. The next was about a woman who made a deal with an Angel of Death so he could not take her unless she invited him in. Both were okay. The fourth story was about a clumsy girl who caught the eye of an angel. And the final story was about the war of the angels, in which some were cast out of heaven.
As I said, most of the stories were alright. But the artwork was fantastic. So if your main interest is the art in a graphic novel, this one's for you.
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