In 1906, digging the Panama Canal, workers unearth something strange and out of place.

In 2009 a linguist, Andrew Dennison, is suddenly visited by the agents of the Secret Service. They take him to an underground government installation in New Mexico where he needs to experiment a weird exhumed thing that was, again, awaken. Several other scientists are working on the case: an attractive but aloof vet Sun Jones, a molecular biologist Dr. Frank Belgium, and many more. They are examining the thing that is locked in a glass cage: Bub, a supposed embodiment of Satan. The demon is formidably intelligent and tries to break free…


J. A. Konrath is an American horror/suspense fiction author, mostly known for his Jack Daniels books, written about Lt. Jacqueline Daniels of Chicago Police Department. After being let down by several publishing houses, Konrath believes that authors need to promote and merchandise their own books instead of struggling with publishers. I personally could not agree more.