Incubus - Hardcover

Arensberg, Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394556968 ISBN 13: 9780394556963

Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999

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Book by Ann Arensberg

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In the small town of Dry Falls, rector Henry Lieber is beginning to lose his faith as it becomes evident that all the women living there are being possessed by evil spirits and that rooting them out will only invite another, greater danger. 35,000 first printing.

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m Latin incubare, to lie upon): 1. an evil spirit or demon thought in medieval times to lie on women, seeking sexual intercourse; 2. a nightmare.  
Succubus: a female demon who preys similarly on sleeping men.
The acclaimed author of Sister Wolf ("A powerful haunting tale"--Jean Strouse, Newsweek) and Group Sex ("A rich and original stunner"--Cleveland Plain Dealer) now gives us her most thrilling and beautifully written novel.

         Surrounded by hills and pasturelands, the town of Dry Falls is a thriving agricultural community. The town itself and St. Anthony's, the local church, are deeply rooted in the natural order--blissfully ordinary and uneventful. But suddenly life in Dry Falls begins to go awry. A heat wave spikes in March; a three-month drought blights farms and gardens; animals give birth to monsters; women complain of sexual pe

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• Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0394556968
• ISBN 13: 9780394556963
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 322