The Hannibalian War: Being Part of the Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Books of Livy (1880)

Thomas Hurting is a plain-out loser. He works in a mail room, he has no money, his girlfriend dumps him, and he cannot break through the impenetrable walls of literary agents to look at his manuscript. He needs some serious help, pronto! Thomas’ pathetic life is so laughable that even God and the angels in heaven are ridiculing him, except for one angel who has stood by Thomas’s side his entire life: Angel Baby Herbert, Thomas’s life-long guardian angel from the 15th century Renaissance period in Italy. In this slapstick/romantic comedy, Thomas encounters his life-long guardian angel. Only Thomas can see and hear Angel Baby Herbert, no one else. Thomas finds a glimmer of hope as he meets the woman of his dreams: Adell Sapphire, a sexy, voluptuous Australian literary agent for whom he falls head over heels. Remarkably, Adell finds Thomas funny and enjoys his upbeat sense of humor. Now, he must find a way of asking her out, and at the same time, have her represent his manuscript to various Hollywood producers without screwing up…as he usually does.