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Pandemonium

Daryl Gregory

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#1610 of 8,085 books · #118 in Horror

Shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2009), the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2009), and the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel (2008).

It is a world like our own in every respect . . . save one. In the 1950s, random acts of possession begin to occur. Ordinary men, women, and children are the targets of entities that seem to spring from the depths of the collective unconscious, pop-cultural avatars some call demons. There's the Truth, implacable avenger of falsehood. The Captain, brave and self-sacrificing soldier. The Little Angel, whose kiss brings death, whether desired or not. And a string of others, ranging from the bizarre to the benign to the horrific. As a boy, Del Pierce is possessed by the Hellion, an entity whose mischief-making can be deadly. With the help of Del's family and a caring psychiatrist, the demon is exorcised . . . or is it? Years later, following a car accident, the Hellion is back, trapped inside Del's head and clamoring to get out. Del's quest for help leads him to Valis, an entity possessing the science fiction writer formerly known as Philip K. Dick; to Mother Mariette, a nun who inspires decidedly unchaste feelings; and to the Human League, a secret society devoted to the extermination of demons. All believe that Del holds the key to the plague of possession–and its solution. But for Del, the cure may be worse than the disease.

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Publisher
Del Rey
ISBN-13
9780345501165
Topics
Possession and identityAlternate historyPsychiatry and mental illnessSecret societiesPop culture mythology

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