Angels like you've never seen them before... 
Warrior Angel Mila is determined to prove to Archangel Michael she's the right angel to lead the saints into battle, but there's more at stake than her will and pride once a human charge dies at the hands of a demon. 
Guardian Angels are disappearing. Mila is prepared to fight any battle to find and rescue them. She'll also do anything to win the coveted position as the leader of the squadron of saints—until that includes becoming a Guardian. 
She's been a Warrior since Beginning Times. It's all she knows how to do, all she wants to do. She doesn't think she's the right person for the job, but an important soul is Unguarded, and she can't bring herself to tell Archangel Michael no. Besides, if her rival and competitor, Nicholas, can be both Guardian and Warrior, then so can she. Where Nicholas is strict and fierce, she's fiery and impulsive. He's a rigid Traditionalist, she's quick and always ready to attack. Will her strength become her weakness when she continuously makes mistakes—and worse—falls for her rival?
Who will earn the coveted position, especially once Nicholas' charge lives... and hers dies? 
A behind-the-scenes look at the hierarchy of angels from Cecelia Earl's Kingdom Come series. After the Ashes is a Kingdom Come novella: Mila's story.