Behind the gates of a fabulous Hamptons estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast comes upon the carnage of a gruesome- and seemingly supernatural -crime. The smoldering remains of infamous art critic Jeremy Grove, a melted cross branding his chest, are found in a locked, barricaded attic. The hoofprint singed into the floorboards and the smell of brimstone recall the legendary horrors that befall those who make a pact with the Devil. Reuniting with Police Officers Vincent D'Agosta and Laura Hayward (from Relic and Reliquary), Pendergast combs New York, hoping for a simple explanation: a villain who is merely human. But his search takes him beyond the exclusive clubs and luxury penthouses of Manhattan to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where-30 years before-four men may have conjured something unspeakable.
- ISBN10 0446612758
- ISBN13 9780446612753
- Publish Date 1 May 2005 (first published 1 August 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 16 January 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Grand Central Publishing
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 752
- Language English