Why did the solitary girl leave her rented house on the French Riviera
only for short walks at night? Why was she so frightened? Why did
animals shrink away from her? The girl herself didn't know, and was
certainly not aware of the terrible appointment which had been made for
her long ago and was now drawing close.
Molly Fountain, the tough-minded Englishwoman living next door, was
determined to find the answer. She sent for a wartime secret service
colleague to come and help. What they discovered was horrifying beyond
anything they could have imagined.
Dennis Wheatley returned in this audiobook to his black magic theme
which he had made so much his own with his famous best seller The Devil
Rides Out. In the cumulative shock of its revelations, the use of
arcane knowledge, the mounting suspense, and acceleration to a fearful
climax, he out-does even that earlier achievement. This is, by any
standards, a terrific story.