Fans of “The Historian” won’t be able to tear themselves away from this gripping story, in which a professor at Columbia University must use his knowledge of demonic mythology to save his daughter from the underworld.
Professor David Ullman is a widely known expert on demon literature (especially Milton’s “Paradise Lost”). But David doesn’t believe in supernatural forces.
One day, a visitor appears in his office: a strikingly slender woman who offers him a deal—go to Venice, witness a “phenomenon,” and give his professional assessment in exchange for a substantial sum of money. Needing a second chance, David accepts the offer and travels to Italy with his twelve-year-old daughter, Tess.
What will happen in Venice will turn David from a skeptic into a true believer, because he will have to accept the fact that demons really exist. In a frightening search guided by symbols and riddles from the pages of “Paradise Lost,” David tries to save his daughter from the Nameless—an entity that has chosen him as its prophet.