Pagan Moon

From the savage Everglades to opulent Palm Beach sheriffs detective Mike Gage pursues a death cult no one else believes exists. Gage knows they dohis former lover was one of its ritually sacrificed victims. Obsessed with her murder Mike becomes a homicide cop. Throughout his career more womens bodies turn up throughout South Florida all the same mutilationthe brutal extraction of the heart. When a pretty coed eventually escapes the cult''s bloody altar Gage is shocked when powerful philanthropist and financier Quentin Van Eck is exposed as the groups high priest. After Van Ecks mysterious death his body is cryogenically preserved. Thats when Gage begins to unravel the truth behind Van Ecks Virilian Foundation and the sinister evil lurking beneath its respectable facade. Assisted by Van Ecks beautiful widow and a mysterious Frenchman with ties to the ancient Templar order Gage uncovers the cults apocalyptic objective. Cryonic suspension human sacrifice and satanic worship formulate the alchemy to incarnate a malevolent spirit that will enslave mankind. Battling the embodiment of evil Gage challenges a power that could not only take is life but his very soul. James Patterson meets Stephen King