The Demonologist: A Novel

“Smart, thrilling, and utterly unnerving,” says Gillian Flynn, #1 bestselling author of Gone Girl, of this spellbinding tale that also has The New York Times Book Review declaring, “Bring on the devils.”

A STOLEN CHILD, AN ANCIENT EVIL, A FATHER’S DESCENT, AND THE LITERARY MASTERPIECE THAT HOLDS THE KEY TO HIS DAUGHTER’S SALVATION

Professor David Ullman is among the world’s leading authorities on demonic literature, specializing in Milton’s Paradise Lost. Not that David is a believer—he sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when the mysterious Thin Woman arrives at his office and invites him to travel to Venice and witness a “phenomenon,” David is hard-pressed to overcome his skepticism.

But there are forces at work beyond anything David can imagine, and they will stop at nothing to ensure that the professor does not escape their grasp. Against his better judgment, David, accompanied by his beloved daughter, Tess, finds himself traveling to Venice, where an unspeakable horror awaits.

Soon David is pulled into a journey that will redefine what he is willing to believe. Guided by symbols and riddles from the pages of Paradise Lost, David races to save his daughter. If he fails, he will lose Tess forever.

Andrew Pyper is the internationally bestselling author of ten previous novels, including The Demonologist, which won the International Thriller Writers award for Best Hardcover Novel, and The Killing Circle, which was selected a New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year. He lives in Toronto. Visit AndrewPyper.com and follow him on Twitter @AndrewPyper.

ISBN: 9781451697544
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: January 07, 2014

“Smart, thrilling, and utterly unnerving.”
— GILLIAN FLYNN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl“A mesmerizing and melancholy narrative voice lends chilling credibility to this exceptional supernatural thriller.”
— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review“A complex novel about loss, anger, faith, grief, love and forgiveness . . . [The Demonologist] will frighten you out of your shoes.”
— TORONTO STAR"Part horror, part thriller, all page-turner. . . . Has as all the twisting excitement of a Dan Brown novel, and all the lurid, gory violence of a Stieg Larsson.”
— THE GLOBE AND MAIL“Buy it, and read it, and let it scare you stupid.”
— NATIONAL POST“Pyper is an intelligent writer, steeped in Miltonian symbolism, gifted with language. . . . This artful literary exploration of evil’s manifestation makes for a sophisticated horror tale.”
— KIRKUS“Plenty of books claim to be scary, but this is genuinely terrifying, don’t-read-late-at-night stuff. Thrilling, compelling and beautifully written, The Demonologist makes Rosemary's Baby feel like a walk in the park.”
— S.J. WATSON, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep