This five-hundred-thirty-six-thousand-plus word splatter tome packs a wallop and is not for the weak of belly.

Psycho Cecil Omar Biggs plays the role of a preacher of his own church by day, while trawling alleys and strip joints in Hollywood and San Fernando Valley when the sun goes down??in search of potential victims to abduct and haul back to his dungeon of salacious depravity.

Furthermore, this slayer does not give a damn if you're young, old or??even dead already. He does not care if you're male or female or what race you happen to be??so long as he can make you suffer and plead for mercy with his various implements of torture.

Not that anyone should require additional hints and/or clues: What we got here . . . is hardcore horror at its nastiest??with a slice of twisted humor.

For fans of Thomas Harris, Dean Koontz, Jack Ketchum, and Shirley Jackson, et al.