The Golden Spyglass, The Subtle Knife, and the first in the series, i do not know. AP related stories. War with god, but regular everyday characters suddenly in dirty situations. Not preachy, fun to read, interesting plot, GOOOOOOOOD STUFF. Im not sure of teh first book of the series, but the Subtle Knife comes next, then the Golden Spyglass. Reccommend yall read em.
Astral Portals are opened by a special knife, looks into creation, war with god, decent amount of action, good plot.