Carrion Comfort: Book Two

Former concentration camp prisoner and psychiatrist Sol Laski tries to save his sanity and his faith in humanity by unraveling the nature of aggression and power. But he could never have imagined that behind the global upheavals stands a secret society of beings with paranormal abilities, who play with people like chess pieces. Yet even a pawn can corner the king — the question is what price Laski will pay for this game. From the author of the novels "Hyperion", "The Terror", and "Drood". Winner of the Locus Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award. The novel "Carrion Comfort" is included in the list of the 100 best books ever written in the horror genre.

Why do some people achieve dominance over others with inexplicable ease?
Where is the source of human aggression?
How does the mechanism of social hierarchy arise?

These are the questions that haunt psychiatrist Sol Laski, who endured the horrors of the Chelmno and Sobibor concentration camps.
Finding suitable answers for this brave man means preserving his sanity and his faith in humanity.
Meanwhile, a secret society made up of beings with paranormal abilities — beings that only outwardly resemble humans — is waging a sinister game, overthrowing governments and destroying individuals as easily as sweeping pawns off a chessboard.
But even a pawn can sometimes drive the king into a corner…