Something whose hour has finally come to bring hell unto earth. Something nurtured through the ages to do its vengeful masters’ unholy bidding. Something that hasn’t stirred since the Inquisition’s reign of terror. As he witnesses with mounting dread the transformations of his fellow pupils, his certainty grows that forces of darkness, not divinity, are at work. Isaac’s most troubled students will be pawns in Father Sebastian’s one-man war against evil–a war so surprisingly effective that the pope himself takes notice of the seemingly miraculous events unfolding an ocean away.īut Ryan, drawn ever more deeply into Father Sebastian’s ministrations, sees–and knows–otherwise.

Armed with unprecedented knowledge and uncanny skills acquired through years of secret study, the young priest has been dispatched on an extraordinary and controversial mission: to prove the power of one of the Church’s most arcane sacred rituals, exorcism. Things begin to change when Father Sebastian joins the faculty. Isaac, where Ryan arrives to find the school awash in news of one student’s violent death, another’s mysterious disappearance, and growing incidents of disturbing behavior within the hallowed halls. Isaac’s Catholic boarding school, hoping the venerable institution with a reputation for transforming wayward teens can work its magic on her son. He’s never been afraid to push the boundaries of suspense and confront us with what frightens us most.Īfter his father’s untimely death sends fifteen-year-old Ryan McIntyre into an emotional tailspin, his mother enrolls him in St. With each new book, his instinct for playing upon our deepest dread has grown only stronger and more sinister. For more than three decades, bestselling novelist John Saul has been summoning macabre masterpieces from the darkest realms of his imagination. Brittany Beth Bettman, a daughter of Shelli Bettman and Gary Bettman of Saddle River, N.J., was married May 14 to Weston Saul Baker, a son of Kolea S.

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