Series: Misc
Genre: Horror
ISBN: 0595303013
Pages: 216 pages
Publisher: iUniverse
Price: 14.95
Reader Rating: Not rated
Genre: Horror
ISBN: 0595303013
Pages: 216 pages
Publisher: iUniverse
Price: 14.95
Reader Rating: Not rated
Description: The Piaculum is at once hauntingly dark yet deeply spiritual. Set in the distant future, the story takes place on a desert landscape where a group of Christians called the Mone and a blood worshiping cult known as the Kathe are ensnared in religious tension. The Kathe believe that salvation can only be achieved by drinking blood from men born with a rare skin condition known as the white-mark. The novel follows the life of Cearl, a man with the white-mark born to a group of poor Mone farmers. Cearl has a good life with a wife and two children he deeply loves, but he finds himself consumed by memories of being tortured by the Kathe as a child, as well as an overwhelming feeling that his god wants something from him. When a group of Kathe come to Cearl’s village looking for human sacrifices, Cearl comes face to face with his childhood memories and makes choices that could destroy his life.
"An enjoyable read with some well described and, often, slightly disturbing passages." Edward Hasting-Evans, The Book Portal
"Amazing" "Richard Gray has produced a wonderfully dark—yet—tear-jerking story", Tim Johnson, author of Twisted Oak: Eyes of Discernment
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