Exorcist: The Beginning (Paperback) by Steven Piziks, Alexi Hawley

9780743482707. New condition. Mass-market paperback. Language: English. Pages: 244. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 244 p. In the aftermath of World War II, Father Lancaster Merrin finds himself in the remote Turkana region of Kenya. Haunted by memories of the war, he has taken a sabbatical from the priesthood and journeyed far from his native Holland. He has come to lead the archaeological excavation of a mysterious Bzyantine church, buried in pristine condition as if on the day it was built. Directly beneath the church Merrin finds a much more ancient crypt - and finds himself face-to-face with unspeakable Evil. Madness descends on the nearby villagers and on the British soldiers sent to guard the site. Merrin watches helplessly as the atrocities of war are re-enacted against the innocent villagers - atrocities he had hoped he would never witness again. But the horror has only just begun...