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DIABHAL
By: Kathleen Kaufman

Diabhal #1
Turner
November 2019
On Sale: October 29, 2019
304 pages
ISBN: 1684423198
EAN: 9781684423194
Kindle: B07STG73JF
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Horror | Thriller Arcane

Diabhal (Devil) is the story of cults, exorcisms and the devil in 1980’s era Los Angeles.

Ceit Robertson, age ten, is the next Matrarc to the Society, a cultish, matriarchal group living in an inconspicuous cul-de-sac in Venice Beach. When Ceit’s mother is attacked by spirits from the old world, a failed exorcism results in Ceit’s exile into the foster care system in Los Angeles. She eventually lands in the infamous MacLaren Hall, a very real and historically auspicious center for disturbed and abandoned children in El Monte, CA.

Diabhal is the sympathetic story of the devil in Los Angeles. The exploration of the true nature of evil and how intention colors what our definition of wickedness truly is. Ceit grows into a force of nature, as she contains the potential and mythology of the darkest degree, but discovers that perhaps the devil is not what we should truly fear.