The story is narrated by Penryn Young, a 17-year-old girl living in the San Francisco Bay, which has been attacked by angels.

After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.

Together, they journey toward the angels' stronghold in San Francisco where she'll risk everything to rescue her sister and he'll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.

She wrote the first draft of Angelfall, hoping that she could acquire a small group of readers interested in the story.

[3] UK GRAZIE magazine described it as the "next big thing" in the wake of Twilight and Hunger Games.

[17] In November 2012, the movie rights were picked up by Good Universe and Ghost House Pictures.