Author: MASTERTON, GRAHAM
Title: The Chosen Child
Description: New York: Tor Books, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312873824. Only slight edge wear.; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.9 Inches; 332 pages; "the citizens of contemporary Warsaw begin finding headless bodies all over town. Is the perpetrator a deranged serial killer or a legendary monster living in the city's sewers? Komisarz Stefan Rej is stumped. When the seventh victim, a radio reporter critical of the Senate Hotels chain, is found in the sewer under the construction site of the chain's newest project, Rej thinks he finally has a motive for the gory events. He meets his testy match in a vice-president of the Senate chain, Sarah Leonard, an American of Polish descent who has a rapport with the Polish workers. They say that the reporter was killed by a demon that lives in the sewers, a Warsaw legend since the 17th century and they refuse to work until it is eradicated. Frantic when German replacement workers are butchered, Sarah asks her Chicago cop dad for help. He sends retired police inspector Clayton Marsh, who proposes a séance with a Warsaw medium and hears frightening revelations. Sarah's life is further complicated by an apparent connection between her boss (and ex-lover) and the Polish mafia.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0312873824 Poland Warsaw Fiction::Horror
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Title: The Chosen Child
Description: New York: Tor Books, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312873824. Only slight edge wear.; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.9 Inches; 332 pages; "the citizens of contemporary Warsaw begin finding headless bodies all over town. Is the perpetrator a deranged serial killer or a legendary monster living in the city's sewers? Komisarz Stefan Rej is stumped. When the seventh victim, a radio reporter critical of the Senate Hotels chain, is found in the sewer under the construction site of the chain's newest project, Rej thinks he finally has a motive for the gory events. He meets his testy match in a vice-president of the Senate chain, Sarah Leonard, an American of Polish descent who has a rapport with the Polish workers. They say that the reporter was killed by a demon that lives in the sewers, a Warsaw legend since the 17th century and they refuse to work until it is eradicated. Frantic when German replacement workers are butchered, Sarah asks her Chicago cop dad for help. He sends retired police inspector Clayton Marsh, who proposes a séance with a Warsaw medium and hears frightening revelations. Sarah's life is further complicated by an apparent connection between her boss (and ex-lover) and the Polish mafia.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0312873824 Poland Warsaw Fiction::Horror
Price: US$ 15.95 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 14166
- Book number: 14166
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