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The Orthodox believe the Jewish Sabbath’s special. Jews not only wind down, but the mystics say they also receive a second soul for the duration. Is that neshamah yetayrah a tangible thing, a true presence? Nu, who knows? Maybe this second soul is nothing more than a metaphor for peace of mind.
Nearly three years after his partner’s suicide—and a year after meeting an angel—D.C. Detective Jason Saunders sure could use some of that.
Unfortunately, this Friday night’s shaping up to be a doozy.
A pimp’s killed by one of his girls, who claims to have been invaded by a presence, a Not-Lily, who pulled the strings. In the apartment, Jason discovers a grisly snuff film showing the long-ago murder of a young Asian girl.
While in the emergency room to interview his suspect, Jason meets psychiatrist Sarah Wylde, who sports mystical yantra tattoos and whose specialty just happens to be cacodemonomania—the belief one’s possessed by a demon. She’s also the daughter of Preston Wylde, a famed FBI profiles the press has dubbed “The Demon Hunter.”
Coincidence? Perhaps not. Because when Sarah Wylde’s attacked by a drunken Vietnam vet, Jason swears there’s a presence lurking in the man—and something else just as powerful inside Wylde.
A year ago, Jason Saunders was touched by an angel.
Now, he’s about to do battle with a demon.