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Vicious Circle

Pages
448
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

Felix Castor has reluctantly returned to exorcism after a successful case convinces him that he really can do some good with his abilities---"good," of course, being a relative term when dealing with the undead. His friend Rafi is still possessed, the succubus Ajulutsikael (Juliet to her friends) still technically has a contract on him, and he's still dirt poor. Doing some consulting for the local cops helps pay the bills, but Castor needs a big private job to really fill the hole in his bank account. That's what he needs. What he gets is a seemingly insignificant "missing ghost" case that inexorably drags him and his loved ones into the middle of a horrific plot to raise one of hell's fiercest demons. When satanists, stolen spirits, sacrifice farms, and haunted churches all appear on the same police report, the name Felix Castor can't be too far behind...

About the author

M
Mike Carey

Mike Carey (Michael James Carey, born 1959 in Liverpool) is a British writer of comics, novels and screenplays who also publishes prose fiction as M. R. Carey. He studied English at St Peter's College, Oxford, and taught for around fifteen years before writing full time. In comics he wrote the long-running Vertigo series Lucifer, a run on Hellblazer, and the creator-owned Crossing Midnight and The Unwritten (with artist Peter Gross), plus several years on Marvel's X-Men titles. His prose debut w...