The new novel by John Saul is really good. A lot better than last years 'In the Dark of the Night' (see review) or 'Black Creek Crossing' (see review). This book is in one word a religious thriller. After being beaten up at his public school, Ryan McIntyre, whose father was killed overseas (he was in the military), is sent to St. Isaac's Preperatory School. The school has been racked with two blows: one missing boy and another that has died dramatically. The school looks to its newest teacher Father Sebastian for help. He is well versed in the old rituals and especially exorcism. But is he drawing evil out or let evil in? Eventually, the Pope takes notice and decides to make a trip to the school. The book makes a turn into a terrorism thriller. After a few curveballs and some relizations, the book ends in an amazing non-stop action-packed ending. A few things I didn't like about the book. One, the teenagers don't come off as sixteen and up. They play more like they might twelve-years-old. Secondly, the book seems to jump around through too many points of view (one point of view, you aren't even sure who it is). Lastly, again he rights a do-nothing epilogue, it does nothing to cap the story really and makes you wonder even more. Over all it was good read and a gem compared to some of his latest novels. Rating: ****
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