For thirty pieces of silver, Judas committed the most famous betrayal in history. Thirty coins which gave their possessor such a power for evil that it could only be resisted by the greatest saint, Peter. Twenty- five of the pieces have been safely gathered and kept safe in the sacred tomb of St Peter in the Vatican. But what became of the remaining five coins? Paul, a brilliant criminal psychologist, has been responsible for an accused murderer being released. Meeting the man later, he fears the consequences of his mistake, but is distracted by an unusually attractive visitor. And the first coin appears. Paul's path to evil, the choices and the temptations on the way are brilliantly portrayed. The Church, led by the formidable Cardinal Benelli, knows of the evil performed by previous holders of the coins, such as Diocletion, but none was as terrifying as the conjunction of the hapless Paul and, through him, the rise, once more, of the Magus. Powerful, fascinating, full of historical detail, of secret histories of the Vatican, of occult practices and philosophy, The Coins of Judas is a spellbinding new novel.
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'This superior thriller does more than entertain: it questions the nature of power and the lengths people will go to acquire it.' Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
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Scott McBain was born in Scotland. He has worked in international banking and law, and travelled extensively. He now writes full time.
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One of the best out there,
By sleeper30 "tom" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Coins of Judas (Paperback)
This is a gem. One of those rare horror books that will scare the heck out of you until the very end. The plot is great, it is written so that it draws you in. The subject matter is very scary. This is a great book written by a great writer (he also wrote The Mastership Game which is great). Due yourself a favor, if you're a fan of really great horror fiction, and get this book. It's worth it!
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Psychology multiply by mystical = fantastic-scary tension,
By timediver® "Geschichte - Reisen - Rezensionen" (Oberursel/Taunus, Europe) - See all my reviews
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Paul Stauffer is a professor of crime-psychiatry at the university of San Francisco and in his opinion religion and faith would have their best time behind themselves. The avowed atheist is conviced, that there for everything in the universe is a rational explanation and that religion and art are of the same kind, because they are either the work of a genius or a bag player trick. Because there would be neither God or still some kind of bad power, criminal behavior has to be evaluated by means of medical instead of moral terms....Although better knowledge and by self-interests Stauffer defends his psychological appraise during the court hearing, that finally causes to the acquietal of the murderer Karl Kramer an gets him the acquaintance of the puzzling Helen. At a dinerparty Helen asks the professor, what he would be ready to give, in order to experience all "eternal truths".... At the same time the indications of a 1000 years old, dark prophecy of pope Silvester II. accumulate. This prophecy is standing directly before it's fulfilment. In the Vatikan pope Johannes XXV and his three combatant fellows are preparing temselves for the fight against the messengers of the darkness..... The novel is a fantastic and fascinating mixture with the elements of psychology and mystic. The borders between C G. Jung and the medieval "Malleus Maleficarum" (witch hammer) are flowing. The strictly scientific-rational beginning follows a gradual change into a religious-mystical action, whereby the figure of puzzling Helen(a) riminds of Goethe's Doctor Faust Part II.. Now astral journeys with bilocations belong to plot, like the hunger for knowledge, an greed for power, betrayal and other abysses of soul. The name of the Leading actor Stauffer is an interesting allegory, becauses it awakes associations to medievallyn emperor Friedrich II. of Hohenstaufen, who was recognized as the "Anti-Christi" by many of his contemporaries and the pope, who put a spell on him. At the end of the novel origin and meaning of the term "simony" becomes understandably. The mention of historical events and persons (Bannockburn, Milvi bridge, the Roman emperors Diokletian and Julian Apostata), of astrology (conjunctions of the planets) and hermetic (Hermes Trismengistos, Zoroastranism, Kabbala. Manichaeism) and the notes of the author together are rounding the overall view. ... .... ....that means the maximum valuation of 5 Amazonstars!
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