The Devil In Lincoln Park

John Easterling has spent his career investigating monsters. He just never believed any of them were supernatural.

As a veteran investigative reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, John knows exactly what human beings are capable of. Violence, cruelty, murder. He has seen enough darkness to last a lifetime, and none of it has required demons or devils to explain.

Then a fourteen-year-old girl is found brutally mutilated behind a Chicago church.

There is no blood at the scene. No trail showing how her body got there. No evidence that makes sense.

And people in the neighborhood are whispering about El Diablo.

John dismisses the rumors until his investigation begins producing things he cannot explain. Strange occurrences follow him. Ancient forces seem to be moving beneath Chicago. And an archaeologist from the University of Chicago possesses an artifact that should belong to legend: the Ring of Solomon, said to grant its bearer power over demons.

Suddenly, believing is no longer optional.

With the mysterious Lorraine and his longtime friend Barry at his side, John discovers that the murder was only the beginning. The barrier separating the human world from something far darker is weakening, and Agrat bat Mahlat, Queen of Demons, intends to take advantage of it.

Stopping her will require John to accept an impossible new reality, master a power he never asked for, and confront creatures humanity long ago relegated to myth.

But the deeper he ventures into the supernatural world, the clearer one terrifying truth becomes:

Hell isn't nearly as far from Chicago as everyone thinks.

The Devil in Lincoln Park is a supernatural thriller that begins with a brutal murder investigation and descends into an epic battle between humanity and the forces of Hell. Blending occult mystery, dark fantasy, mythology, and horror, Pablo Zaragoza and Susan Giffin deliver a story of demons, ancient powers, impossible alliances, sacrifice, and one skeptical reporter who discovers that some legends should have remained legends.

The doorway is open. The demons are waiting. And John Easterling may be the only man capable of sending them back.