DESTINY'S DAMNED-BOOK 1

In DESTINY'S DAMNED, book 1 of the Trilogy, a sadistic, serial killer commits bizarre, ritualistic murders in the heart of San Francisco. Eric Caldwell’s finger is cut off at the first joint. His skull is crushed by a sledgehammer, and a mysterious symbol is stamped between his eyes. Stan Bartlett, a young, middle school teacher, is sadistically murdered after being mentioned in a Sunday school class. Professor Jeffrey Warren, Stanford University, is shot in the head after writing a paper comparing the holy week of the mythical god, Attis, to the Christians’ Easter holy week. Judy Bowers is caught up in the horror, and is one of a long list of women imprisoned in a box, deep within a crawl space, and then murdered. Near death, Retha Washington struggles to survive in the crawl space. Alex Caldwell, Eric’s brother, is an investigative reporter for the New York Post. When Eric is murdered, Alex comes to San Francisco and enlists Sharon Marshall, a successful trial attorney in San Francisco, to search for Eric’s murderer. Kevin James is a professor of mythology at the University of California at Berkeley. In helping with the investigation, he becomes a target himself. John Lester, the minister of The Calvary Gospel Church, is a Neo-Nazi under suspicion of diverting funds from the church to his Aryan Brotherhood and for hate crimes. Howard Blake, Lester’s henchman, is somehow involved not only in the disappearance of Lester’s wife, but in his own wife’s disappearance. The mysterious Lieutenant Sybil Meter’s investigative and arrest techniques are highly unusual. Monsignor Patrick Bodowski steals The Issue, the only surviving proof that a Roman emperor created, manipulated and promoted modern Christianity to save and unite the Roman Empire. The Issue is also the only proof that his legions survive within the Church today, ready to resurrect that empire. Troubled and alone, dangerous to himself and possibly others, Patrick is hunted by those modern legions. Peter Cook, minister of the Cross of our Savior Baptist Church, and his wife, Alicia, give Patrick refuge, but Peter is suspicious of him.
ISBN: 0-9785216-0-9

© Shawna Ryan
Author: DESTINY'S DAMNED & SATAN'S SCAT
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