The demon Ashmadai, bound by the Archangels and condemned to spend an eternity trapped in stone, immobilized, powerless and enraged, hears and sees nothing in his prison. He feels nothing but burning pain and desire to get out and get even?Ashmadai feeds on guilt, fury, lust and hatred. One bloody night of racism and murder in a small Indiana town in the 1950s wakes the demon and precipitates his eventual rise to power, as foretold in an ancient Prophecy. Only one survives as witness to Ashmadai?s awakening.What will it take to stop, and ultimately destroy, the consummate evil?