The enemy has had centuries to plan. Christian Bateleur has had only days to prepare.

Christian thought fixing air conditioners was complicated. Then he went to his cousin's wedding.

One moment of communion shatters twenty years of careful distance from faith -- and awakens superhuman abilities Christian never knew he possessed. Within hours, he's dodging attacks from superhuman killers and learning that his dead mother wasn't the devout Catholic he remembered. She was something far more dangerous.

She was a Bishop -- a warrior in humanity's oldest secret war.

The Tainted have spent centuries orchestrating humanity's darkest moments, feeding on chaos and suffering like parasites. They know every weakness, every pressure point, every way to turn humanity's own nature against itself. They've infiltrated governments, sparked wars, toppled civilizations, and now they're preparing their masterpiece: an attack on New York City that will make all previous atrocities look like practice runs.

Faith isn't just about belief -- it's a weapon.

Christian has inherited powers he doesn't understand, joined a multi-faith team of warriors he doesn't trust, and been handed a mission that's probably suicide. His new allies include a sharp-tongued Hasidic Jew who treats Christian like a disappointing student, a brilliant hacker who knew his mother, and a weapons expert with his own dark secrets. They've spent decades mastering abilities, time that Christian doesn't have.

Christian's got stubbornness, inherited power he can barely control, and a team that's betting everything on the hope that sometimes raw determination beats ancient experience.

But sometimes the best weapon against ancient evil is someone too stubborn to know when he's beaten -- and too angry to care about the odds.

"The best kind of escapism" - Mark Stay

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