Angelus
Paperback
Publisher: Steven Johnson
Published: Jun 24 2025
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Balance demands sacrifice.
When a pair of ritualistic murders stuns Los Angeles, veteran detective Sam Rourke knows something isn't right. The bodies are posed. The patterns deliberate. And the message-buried in blood, symbols, and silence-is older than the city itself.
Partnered with sharp, unflinching Olivia Mercer, the case drags them into a labyrinth of forgotten history, Indigenous cosmology, and a doctrine born from ancient fear. At the center of it all is Benjamin Harlan-a man who doesn't see himself as a killer, but as a vessel for something far worse.
As the third act approaches, Liv and Sam must confront a terrifying truth: they're not chasing a killer.
They're interrupting a ritual.
Part occult thriller, part procedural noir, Angelus is a dark, unflinching descent into what happens when belief festers, history repeats, and someone decides the city must bleed to be made whole.
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