After his fatherxs untimely death sends fifteen-year-old Ryan McIntyre into an emotional tailspin his mother enrolls him in St Isaacxs 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 studentxs violent death anotherxs mysterious disappearance and growing incidents of disturbing behavior within the hallowed hallsThings 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 Churchxs most arcane sacred rituals exorcism Willing or not St Isaacxs most troubled students will be pawns in Father Sebastianxs one-man war against evilxa war so surprisingly effective that the pope himself takes notice of the seemingly miraculous events unfolding an ocean awayBut Ryan drawn ever more deeply into Father Sebastianxs ministrations seesxand knowsxotherwise 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 outxsomething else is being called forth Something that hasnxt stirred since the Inquisitionxs reign of terror Something nurtured through the ages to do its vengeful mastersx unholy bidding Something whose hour has finally come to bring hell unto earth.
