The First Sacrament (The Demons of Stone Chapel)

The First Sacrament (The Demons of Stone Chapel)

Hell is empty and all the devils are in Stone Chapel. Beatrice Todd's life sucks. She's failing out of high school (again), her best friend is dying of an incurable illness, and no matter how hard she tries, she can't seem to make ends meet. Desperate for cash, she decides to do the one thing she knows she really shouldn't do: Demon hunting. What starts as a simple get-rich-quick scheme rapidly spirals into an infernal game of cat and mouse as Beatrice realizes not all is what it seems in her gloomy hometown of Stone Chapel, Maine. Bodies are piling up with mysterious symbols branded onto their stomachs. Strange crows appear on every street corner, watching and waiting. At the heart of it all is the city's famous church. When the battle for Stone Chapel's soul arises, will Beatrice be able to save it? Or has it been damned from the start? Lex Duncan is the author of The Demons of Stone Chapel series, as well as a huge amount of unfinished projects that may never see the light of day. She's twenty-two years old and has a bachelor's degree in creative writing. She's always had an intense interest in the occult, and most of her projects in grade school were about witches or werewolves. These days, when she isn't reading books or writing them, she's playing video games, watching old movies, and spending way too much time on the internet. She currently lives in Illinois.