Name: Legion
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Author: William Peter Blatty
ISBN: 9781250360960

Type

Physical Book

Author

William Peter Blatty

Publisher

Tor Nightfire

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781250360960

Synopsis "Legion"

From a master of the genre, William Peter Blatty, comes Legion, the harrowing sequel to The Exorcist and the inspiration to the movie The Exorcist III. A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious patient, locked in silent isolation in the psychiatric ward? Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting a new enigma at every turn even as more murders surface, with each victim suffering the same dreadful mutilations. Kinderman must confront the creeping suspicion that there's a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place more than a decade ago―and supposedly ended with the death of the Gemini Killer. Legion is a classic novel of breathtaking terror, an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind, and has been hailed as being "infinitely more suspenseful than The Exorcist." (Los Angeles Times)

William Peter Blatty

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William Peter Blatty (1928-2017) was an American writer, screenwriter, and director, best known for his most famous work, The Exorcist (1971), a horror novel that became a literary and cinematic phenomenon. The story, which explores the theme of demonic possession and the battle between good and evil, was successfully adapted into a film in 1973, winning the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition to The Exorcist, Blatty wrote other novels such as The Exorcist's Curse (1973) and Son of Rosemary (1994), continuations of his most iconic works

His style is characterized by mixing elements of psychological horror with philosophical and spiritual questions. Throughout his career, Blatty received multiple accolades, including the Horror Critics Award, but his most enduring legacy remains the work The Exorcist.

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