The Devil's Labyrinth: A Novel
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After his father’s untimely death sends fifteen-year-old Ryan McIntyre into an emotional tailspin, his mother enrolls him in St. Isaac’s Catholic boarding school, hoping the venerable institution with a reputation for transforming wayward teens can work its magic on her son. But troubles are not unknown even at St. Isaac, where Ryan arrives to find the school awash in news of one student’s violent death, another’s mysterious disappearance, and growing incidents of disturbing behavior within the hallowed halls.
Things begin to change when Father Sebastian joins the faculty. Armed with unprecedented knowledge and uncanny skills acquired through years of secret study, the young priest has been dispatched on an extraordinary and controversial mission: to prove the power of one of the Church’s most arcane sacred rituals, exorcism. Willing or not, St. Isaac’s most troubled students will be pawns in Father Sebastian’s one-man war against evil—a war so surprisingly effective that the pope himself takes notice of the seemingly miraculous events unfolding an ocean away.
But Ryan, drawn ever more deeply into Father Sebastian’s ministrations, sees—and knows—otherwise. As he witnesses with mounting dread the transformations of his fellow pupils, his certainty grows that forces of darkness, not divinity, are at work. Evil is not being cast out…something else is being called forth. Something that hasn’t stirred since the Inquisition’s reign of terror. Something nurtured through the ages to do its vengeful masters’ unholy bidding. Something whose hour has finally come to bring hell unto earth.
John Saul
John Saul’s first novel Suffer the Children became an instant bestseller, as have many of the thirty-three novels of dark suspense he has published since. Amidst this busy writing schedule, he divides his time between Seattle, Washington and Hawaii.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty good story. The beginning hooked me, and the rest kept me reading. It also has a nice plot twist which brings everything together quite well. Not writing perfection, but still an awesome book. I recommend this one to all horror junkies.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing!! One of my favorite authors. This book was so interesting and intriguing.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5After re-reading all his books in order, AGAIN I now remember that this one was more psychological terror instead of the supernatural. The ending is really rushed i thought.
Richard - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not bad. Thanks m learning his style of writing and it rank fairly high. However the reading could have done without the mechanical voices.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I've been a fan of John Saul since The Homing, but this was just lame and cliche. Very disappointing. Makes me want to read The Homing again to see if it was as good as I thought when I was in my early twenties. Hmm..
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A real page turner! I found this book easy to read and loose myself in. It had some graphic parts that were gross, but that was part of its charm. I have suggested this novel to a bunch of people and can't wait to hear what they think as well. Loved it!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am just a lover of John Saul and his books. I think he is wonderful writer and knows how to keep the reader interested.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Had a lot of potential, but fell a bit flat for me. There's no giving anything away when I say that it ends with almost literally "he knew everything was going to be all right." I mean, come on. I can write a better ending than that.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After 20 horror novels usually involving the supernatural and children, John Saul has managed not to rework old material, but write an engaging and contemporary tale for his fans. The Devil's Labyrinth refers to a tunnel complex under a Catholic boarding school, which is used as a short-cut and also for far more nefarious purposes. The story is full of malevolence and Saul captures the elements of ancient evil very well, crafting a plot which is quite unpredictable at times, twisting and turning until the very end. There are some glaring plot holes, and the novel will leave readers with some unanswered questions. Also don't expect reams of character development, or a volume full of originality, for the subjects in Labyrinth are common in horror fiction, yet Saul manages to keep it fresh and sustains your interest until the very end by adding elements not usually seen in the genre.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5a creepy Catholic school; a dark, winding labyrinth under said school; a secret, seriously creepy, chapel; rites of exorcism; possessed, de-possessed and re-possessed teens, both male and female; a troubled 15-year old boy; some yicky scenes with garbage, rats, and a decomposing body; a fanatical priest; an heirloom artifact; the Pope; a terrorist plot. Really over-the-top. A messy stew. My first book by John Saul - will not repeat the experience. I found it really easy to figure out who the bad guy or guys were while wading through blood and gore which made it all not just yucky, but boring - yuckily boring. Oh for Pete's sake, blow up them all up and get it over with! Horrific, but, for me, not horror at its best.