The Demonologist, Andrew Pyper
The Demonologist, Andrew Pyper
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The Demonologist

Author: Andrew Pyper

Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd

Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/05/2013


Synopsis

Fans of The Historian won’t be able to put down this spellbinding literary horror story in which a Columbia professor must use his knowledge of demonic mythology to rescue his daughter from the Underworld.

Professor David Ullman is among the world’s leading authorities on demonic literature, with special expertise in Milton’s Paradise Lost. Not that David is a believer—he sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when the mysterious Thin Woman arrives at his office and invites him to travel to Venice and witness a “phenomenon,” he turns her down. She leaves plane tickets and an address on his desk, advising David that her employer is not often disappointed.

That evening, David’s wife announces she is leaving him. With his life suddenly in shambles, he impulsively whisks his beloved twelve-year-old daughter, Tess, off to Venice after all. The girl has recently been stricken by the same melancholy moods David knows so well, and he hopes to cheer her up and distract them both from the troubles at home.

But what happens in Venice will change everything.

First, in a tiny attic room at the address provided by the Thin Woman, David sees a man restrained in a chair, muttering, clearly insane… but could he truly be possessed? Then the man speaks clearly, in the voice of David’s dead father, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars—and a mystery—behind.

When David rushes back to the hotel, he discovers Tess perched on the roof’s edge, high above the waters of the Grand Canal. Before she falls, she manages to utter a final plea: Find me.

What follows is an unimaginable journey for David Ullman from skeptic to true believer. In a terrifying quest guided by symbols and riddles from the pages of Paradise Lost, David must track the demon that has captured his daughter and discover its name. If he fails, he will lose Tess forever.

About Andrew Pyper

Andrew Pyper (1968–2025) was the internationally bestselling author of fourteen novels, including The Homecoming, The Only Child, The Damned, and The Demonologist, which won the International Thriller Writers award for Best Hardcover Novel, as well as The Killing Circle, which was selected a New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year. He lived in Toronto with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by amanda marie on November 11, 2012

oh wow. when I first heard about this book, the people discussing it said it was scary. the room got quiet and chills ran down spines. I instantly wanted to read it. I was lucky enough to have been given an early copy and oh my goodness. the story is very well written. the plot is fluid and understa......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on April 21, 2013

Skip it. This book may work better as a movie, a horror film with lots of creepy music and scary images of twins. But as a book it is not very exciting. I was extremely disappointed on so many levels. One. I thought this was going to be about Heaven and Hell, Good and Evil, God and Satan. I thought......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on November 14, 2015

A copy of The Demonologist was provided to me by Simon & Schuster/Edelweiss for review purposes. 'Wandering this darksome desert, as my way Lies through your spacious empire up to light Alone, and without giude, half lost, I seek...' 'The Demonologist' is a sophisticated thriller that focuses solely on......more

Goodreads review by Steve on March 15, 2023

I'm not going to be posting a full gigantic review of this one. What I will say, is once again, this book has revealed more of its secrets to me in what I think is my 5th (6th?) time reading the novel. David Ullman holds a special place in my literary heart. As does Tess, the Thin Woman, O'Brien and T......more

Goodreads review by Taylor on October 02, 2015

This was definitely more supernatural thriller than horror for me. I was expecting (okay, really, really hoping) that The Demonologist would be really scary and would keep me up at night. The blurbs on the front cover, back and the two and half pages on the inside really got me pumped. Unfortunately......more