The Demonologist (Leisure Horror) [Mass Market Paperback]

Michael Laimo (Author)

Book Description

Series: Leisure Horror | Publication Date: May 2005

Bram Stoker Award finalist Michael Laimo delivers his most horrifying novel yet!

Is Bev Mathers going crazy? He's been hearing chilling voices in his head, seeing nightmarish visions that just can't be true. And it keeps getting worse and worse. No, unfortunately for Bev, he's completely sane. What's taking control of him is far more terrifying than insanity. And it has an unimaginable purpose...

Bev has become an innocent pawn in an infernal game, a victim of hellish forces beyond understanding. His visions of blood and debauchery are growing more ghastly every day. Some of them -- the most shocking -- are real. Bev can feel his mind, his body, his very soul slipping away. Will his only hope or his eternal damnation come from... the demonlogist?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 369 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (May 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843955279
• ISBN-13: 978-0843955279
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,883,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My name is Michael Laimo and I am the author of the horror novels FIRS RISING, DEAD SOULS, THE DEMONOLOGIST, DEEP IN THE DARKNESS, and ATMOSPHERE, all published by Leisure Books.

MY BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. Please check out RARE CUTS, my newest (and fourth) short story collection.

Visit my website at www.laimo.com, or my facebook page, Michael Laimo. Also on Twitter: MLAIMO.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Feels Rushed, May 31, 2005

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Demonologist (Leisure Horror) (Mass Market Paperback)

Michael Laimo's third novel reads like an attempt to imitate Edward Lee. It lacks the quality of his second and the originality of his first. It also shows he doesn't know what year this is.

The story concerns an aging rocker who has recently hit the big time. He has a daughter but his wife was killed in a car accident. After a long tour, he returns home and starts having episodes where he is disconnected and hears voices. He is afraid he may be cracking up and sees a doctor.

But eventually we learn that demons and possession are real and our protagonist is going to have to confront the title bad guy. The Demonologist took control of the demons known as Legion that Jesus cast out into some pigs. This occurs long after Jesus cast them out and the author states that it was over two thousand years ago (say what?).

In the end the reader is subjected to scenes of perversion that Edward Lee would probably never have used. We also feel a lack of a certain element from the story which is unusual considering its nature. All in all it seemed pointless, careless and rushed. It could have been much better with a little more work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars He tries waaay too hard... with no success, July 25, 2005

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Kona "cemetery strumpet" (Northridge, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Demonologist (Leisure Horror) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've never read this author before, and am kinda regretting my decision. This book started out mildly intriguing, but after a few chapters it became obvious that Laimo's attempt at grue falls hideously short. He tries so hard to make this novel disturbing, and in doing so, neglects to expand on the plot, which in itself is quite elementary. Even the gore is boring, being too repetitive and, while mildly disgusting, does not make up for the lack of plot. Coupled with his chauvinistic attitude towards women, this so-called 'horror' book reads like a fecal-encrusted romance novel.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ADVERB HELL, August 2, 2007

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Gregory Holmes "DeCoteau Fan" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Demonologist (Leisure Horror) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is just amateur hour. This book must hold the world record for containing the most adverbs. Characters stand up "nervously" and "gaze helplessly" "staggered clumsily" etc. etc. page after page, painful adverb after painful adverb. It reads like something a mildy talented high school freshman would come up with. I'll admit there are some wildly entertaining descriptions of filth and perversion but that dosen't make the novel enteresting. The language is so overblown and florid that I found myself laughing several times. And if Mr. Laimo is going to use a story from the bible to base his novel on he should at least bother to read that story and get it straight. I love good horror novels but this isn't one of them, in fact it is one of the most inept attempts I have ever suffered through.