Scared to Death (Hell's Underground)

ISBN: 1444001434

Author: Gibbons, Alan

Condition: Used

Paul Rector is in for one Hell of a time in the first entry in a series combining urban menace, ancient horror, and an ongoing quest for good against evil Late one night after a strange journey to Whitechapel in East London, Paul makes a new friend, John Redmandaring and enigmatic, just as Paul longs to be, away from his cloying mother (his only family, so he thinks). Redman immediately charms Paul as well as Judea girl they meet on a night on the town. A few days later, Paul learns that Jude has mysteriously died, and Redman has disappeared. Soon after, one of Paul's teacher dies suddenlyfrightened to deathnear where Jude's body was found. Paul senses that Redman is involved. His new friend is dangerous. But so, we learn, is Paul. In uncovering the truth about Redman he learns shocking facts about himself. There's an evil curse loose in his family and Paul is the latest inheritor. The spree of deathcamouflaged as copycat Jack the Ripper-style murderswill continue until Paul confronts the demon in himself head on.