Torture. The guilty and the innocent dying for sins realand imagined in the flames of the burning stake.
Neilsville, 1978. Peter Blasam has come to thissleepy desert town to teach its youth, and finds amystery of mounting horror. Something is happeningto the young girls of St. Francis Xavier HighSchool -- something evil. In bloodlet and terror asuicide contagion has swept the two... while a darkorder of its holy men enacts a secret medievalritual. Is hysteria manipulating these innocent childreninto violent self-destruction? Or has supernaturalforce, a thirteenth-century madness, returnedto... Punish The Sinners.
By:
John Saul Imprint: Dell Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 170mm,
Width: 107mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 232g ISBN:9780440170846 ISBN 10: 0440170842 Pages: 416 Publication Date:31 March 1999 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Other merchandise Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Punish the Sinners: A Novel
?The book is an excellent primer for anyone who is interested in understanding the history and current problems of the role of the church in Africa.?-Religious Studies Review