Legion: A Novel from the Author of The Exorcist
From the author of The Exorcist -- Legion, a classic tale of horror, is back in print!
A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious mental patient, locked in silent isolation?
Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting a new enigma at every turn even as more murders surface. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two of the victims priests? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago--and supposedly ended with the death of the killer?
Legion is a novel of breathtaking energy and suspense. But more than this, it is an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind and the most agonizing questions of the human condition.
The answers are revealed in a climax so stunning that it could only have been written by the author of The Exorcist--William Peter Blatty.
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Community Reviews
I don't know how you go from something so disturbing, intense, and remarkably well-written and planned to near perfection (The Exorcist) to this (Legion). This was a very boring, very lackluster follow-up to a well-known, well-loved part of literature and, let's face it, pop culture of the horror variety. Kinderman is not main character material. There was something missing from this character that made him a good side character in The Exorcist, but he does not translate well as the focus. And his tangents? It could be that I'm not too bright (good chance!), but Kinderman's dialogue was painfully slow and confusing at times. The only aspect of this book that could have saved it was to have more of The Gemini Killer's presence included. That character was honestly intriguing and it is sad that we didn't get more of him!
I mean, if you're a horror enthusiast then I say go ahead and read this, but be prepared to either love it for its connection to the superior novel (The Exorcist) or hate it because it doesn't come nearly as close to being as amazing to its predecessor.
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