The Demonists by Thomas E. Sniegoski

Author:Thomas E. Sniegoski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Roc
Published: 2016-04-04T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Elijah hadn’t been back to the States in over fifteen years.

The leader of the Coalition sat in the back of the black Land Rover with his handpicked team, on their way to the home of John Fogg and a confrontation with the forces of darkness.

It was quiet in the vehicle, the seven others lost in thought most likely about what they would soon encounter, what they were about to attempt. They were the best at what they’d been trained for, but that did not mean that this particular evil might not be better.

To be overconfident could easily bring about a horrible defeat. Elijah knew that better than anyone, being forced to wear the scars of his complacency for such a moment.

Gazing out the window, he fought to keep his eyes open. It had been a long flight, and the previous two sleepless nights as they had prepared for their journey had left him physically and mentally exhausted. He closed his good eye, convincing himself that a moment’s rest—a brief catnap— might be exactly what he would need to revitalize his energy stores.

But as soon as the eye was closed, the memories came. Memories of his times in the United States, and how the Vatican had entrusted him with the most important of missions.

He had been a priest of the Roman Catholic faith, recruited by the Vatican to become one of their chief exorcists. Not something that was openly talked about, the Vatican exorcists were an important step in the ever-growing battle against the forces of evil. They were like the marines of the faith, sent in to vanquish supernatural evil before it could gain a foothold in the material world.

Elijah remembered how unprepared he had been for the truth of the matter, that powerful supernatural forces were indeed loose in the world, and a perpetual threat to the safety of humanity.

But he had learned his job well, and soon became one of the Vatican’s rising stars. The evil he had seen, and vanquished. It was a never-ending battle, but one they—he—were ready to fight.

So many encounters . . . so many victories. There were times when it had been close, that it looked as though the minions of the pit would be victorious, but he never gave up, fighting to the bitter end.

Fighting until evil could fight no more and had no choice but to succumb.

His skills became legendary to the others of the profession, instilling in them a sense of superiority that served them all well.

Until it didn’t.

Until his fall.

Elijah stirred in his sleep, fighting to awaken, but the memory had him as it often did, wanting to show him the error of arrogance once again.

A case of demonic possession had been reported, and verified, in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, a working-class city on New England’s south coast. He had been assigned to the case, as he was already in the Boston area dealing with a case of Devil worship at an Ivy League school. Elijah

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