I mean, seriously, how many books out there are about the battle between 'dark & light'? It's like a staple of sci-fi and fantasy, but everytime I read a description that claims this eternal struggle i assume the book is written by a teenaged dude who listens to alot of Slipknot.

Terry Brooks -- a man whom I have never met and whose books I've never read -- has provided us with yet another example:

"If you have never read anything by beloved fantasy writer Terry Brooks, take your chance with Armageddon's Children, a rich and absorbing epic in which the world lies in ruins as the powers of darkness and light battle for control."

You certainly will be 'taking your chance.'
this sounds just like Steven King's The Stand, except without the flu. or maybe there is a flu -- who cares!!!

This reminds me of a time when I was at the coffee shop over by the Ritz and there was a dude there -- he was like a 15-year-old version of Justin Kowalski -- and he was stalking some girl who worked at the shop, holding the door opened for people, trying to seduce the girl by holding his foot up at head-level when she came past to gather up plates and mugs. He began telling me about this novel he'd written. it was about the dark and the light. vampires and angels. all that overdone mythology. But! He'd created a whole LANGUAGE for his characters. Rama, who was there with me, pointed out that the language sounded alot like Hebrew. The kid admitted that there was a little hebrew in there. Then he went back to holding his foot up to the glass door, impressing no one.