DEUS-X: The Reality Conspiracy (Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England)

Deus-X, one of the most inventive novels of spiritual terror, is the fifth occult thriller by Vermont native Joseph A. Citro, who has achieved even greater recognition as a bestselling nonfiction chronicler of the occult and paranormal. What he has done so effectively with Deus-X can perhaps be best compared to deciphering the ultimate X-Files case. But instead of two FBI agents, there are three amateur investigators--a psychologist, a priest, and a physicist--who band together to try to save the world from total subjugation to a secret supernatural, or possibly extraterrestrial, force. Citro seamlessly couples his insight into the unknown with his considerable skills as a horror novelist to explain the seemingly inexplicable. Meanwhile, it's exciting and frightening to learn that the truth is... in here. --Stanley Wiater