The Demonologist: A NovelAndrew Pyper
Simon & Schuster, March 2013
ISBN: 978-1451697414
Fans of The Historian won’t be able to put down this spellbinding literary horror story in which a Columbia professor must use his knowledge of demonic mythology to rescue his daughter from the Underworld.
As a professor of mythology and Judeo-Christian religion, David Ullman has dedicated his entire teaching career to John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost." A non-believer, he lectures on the epic poem, parsing it for his students at Columbia University and becoming the foremost scholar in his field. When he is commissioned by an unknown woman to travel to Venice for an obscene amount of money to witness an event that she claims will upend the belief system of the entire world, he agrees.
Unfortunately, David's Venetian interlude results in more tragedy; his daughter is taken from him by an unnamed entity capable of malicious and unspeakable harm. In order to get her back, he must do battle within a realm in which he is hesitant to give credence. His very intelligence and Weltschmerz viewpoint of the world renders him with a jaded sensibility that invariably hinders his journey to discover just what he needs to know to defeat an adversary of incredible proportions.
With The Demonologist, Andrew Pyper has created a truly blood-curdling work that will have readers looking over their shoulders and on edge from beginning to end. Whereas other classics in the genre have focused on battling evil, this novel seeks to understand the very nature of evil from its origins. The fact that he is able to breathe life into the book's plausibility creates an unsettling feeling and completely satisfying horror read without ever becoming clichéd in the process.
ANDREW PYPER is the award-winning author of five internationally bestselling novels. Lost Girls won the Arthur Ellis Award, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2000, and appeared on the New York Times and Times (UK) bestseller lists. The Killing Circle was a New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year. Three of Pyper’s novels, including The Demonologist, are in active development for feature film.
ISBN: 978-1451697414; ISBN10: 1451697414; Imprint: Simon & Schuster; On Sale: 3/5/2013; Format: Hardcover; Pages: 304; $25.00
