The third entry in the bestselling, critically-acclaimed, optioned-for-film Mystery & Thriller series.
"Part international thriller, part philosophic treatise on good and evil, part intricate, unforgettable nightmare-inducing fever dream, THE DIABOLIST has everything you want from a thriller. Layton Green is a master of intellectual suspense. This one's a killer."
— JT Ellison, New York Times bestselling author
Globe-hopping detectives Dominic Grey and Professor Viktor Radek have a distinct specialty: they investigate matters that involve mysterious or unexplained phenomena. Crimes that other agencies can't or won't touch.
When a controversial religious leader is immolated in the Mission District of San Francisco, the local police chalk it up to a bizarre suicide. Yet witnesses claim a mysterious robed figure set fire to the priest. When a cult leader in Paris dies under similar circumstances, Interpol asks Grey and Viktor for help.
Convinced the culprit is a charismatic New Age prophet who has become an Internet sensation, Grey and Viktor undergo a perilous journey into the world of the occult as they try to penetrate the prophet's inner circle. Along the way, they realize the prophet has ties to Viktor's past, and that a far more sinister plan is afoot—a plan that, if successful, will shake the world to its core.
From the catacombs of Paris to London's nefarious East End, from the haunted walls of York to a lost fortress in the Sicilian wilderness, Viktor and Grey's latest case plunges them into a vortex of modern-day black magic, ancient heresies, and the most dangerous place of all: the cobwebbed corners of their own pasts.
PRAISE FOR THE DOMINIC GREY SERIES
"Relentless" -Publisher's Weekly
"Layton Green is a master of intellectual suspense." -JT Ellison, New York Times bestselling author
"Stirring and imaginative . . . the reader [is] in for a wild ride." -Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author
"Green's The Summoner proved his great talent. The Diabolist ensures his place at the top of crime fiction: his number 1 place. Unbelievably good, unbelievably intricate, unbelievably Green."— The Review Broads
"If you like a taste of the bizarre mixed in with a Bourne-like bad-ass special agent then you need to order the ENTIRE four-book Dominic Grey Series . . . these books will keep you up into the wee hours of the morning because they are practically impossible to put down. Grey has become one of our favorite protagonists." – Blurppy.com book and pop culture blog
"A story that will move you to the edge of your seat" -The Seattle Post-Intelligencer