Dive into a world where the ordinary conceals the extraordinary, and the veil between life and death is terrifyingly thin. This series explores dark, supernatural forces lurking just beneath the surface, pushing characters to their limits. Prepare for tales of revenge, resurrection, and the chilling consequences of disturbing the natural order. It's a journey into the heart of darkness, where the greatest horrors are often born from human desires.
Bob was the happiest man in the world. His wife was dead, and no one suspected him of the murder. His mother-in-law was dying, and would probably leave him an inheritance. With both of them gone, Bob could live the good life. But then Bob's wife came back from the grave . . . and she brought her mother with her.
Op een winterse dag in het Minneapolis van de jaren 70 krijgt de jonge Billy Michaels een visioen waarin de kerstman aan hem verschijnt. Op dat cruciale ogenblik in zijn leven vangt hij voor het eerst een glimp op van de macht die zijn levensloop zal vormen en vervormen. Want deze kerstman is niemand anders dan de eeuwenoude god Mercurius, die Billy laat kennismaken met een buitengewone macht: die van de slangestaf. Gaandeweg leert Billy hoe hij deze verschrikkelijke talisman kan activeren en gebruiken, soms met rampzalige gevolgen...
At the center of Thomas M. Disch's novel The Priest is Father Patrick Bryce, a Catholic priest with a present-day Minneapolis parish-and a pedophile past. He's spent time at a church-run retreat for priests of his type and returned "rehabilitated" and even better equipped to keep his vice active and hidden. That is, until the blackmail begins, and each demand tops the next. Fiendishly comic and darkly hypnotic, The Priest is a spellbinding work that builds at breakneck speed to its gripping, gruesome, and eerily romantic finale.