Legion [Paperback]

From a master of the genre, William Peter Blatty, comesLegion, the harrowing sequel toThe Exorcistand the inspiration to the movieThe 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 theres a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place more than a decade agoand supposedly ended with the death of the Gemini Killer.

Legionis 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 thanThe Exorcist. (Los Angeles Times)

William Peter Blatty(1928-2017) was the bestselling author ofThe Exorcist, which he turned into an Academy Awardwinning screenplay. The son of immigrant parents, he was a comic novelist before embarking on a four-decade career as a successful Hollywood writer. Blatty died on January 12, 2017, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Infinitely more suspenseful thanThe Exorcist. I devouredLegionin one terrified gulp. It even manages to outspookThe Exorcist.
Los Angeles Times

Heartbeat-skipping horror. ReadLegiononly on a sunny day.
Cosmopolitan

Mesmerizing and horrifying at the same time.
USA Today

Tooth-grinding suspense and several terrific scares.
The Seattle Times