Book excerpt: A nine-year-old boy propositions his favorite teacher, using obscenities that would make a sailor blush. A farmer discovers dozens of hacked-up chickens on his property. A baby is kidnapped and later found with its throat slashed, the clawed body of the kidnapper nearby. What is happening? The sleepy town of Rancho Lucero, New Mexico, is possessed. A night of unspeakable terror awaits the handful of survivors who put their faith in the one man who can destroy the soul-devouring demons. That man is Satan's servant and he must destroy them... or die.