Book description
"And on the Seventh Day, He rested." --Genesis, 2:2-3
The EighthDay is an explosive, compulsively readable novel of
suspense that plunges a clever young man into a web of mystery and
international deceit, bringing him face to face with the ultimate
evil. Danny Cray is a struggling 28 year-old sculptor and video artist
who lives in Washington DC. To make ends meet, he does occasional
freelance work as a researcher for a large firm of private detectives.
When one of their most powerful clients approaches him with a job, the
money is too good to resist. All he has to do is learn what a recently
deceased university professor was working on when he died.
But Danny stumbles on far more than he expected when he discovers
that the professor was in touch with the Vatican about a remote tribe
of Kurds who worship the Peacock Angel; Satan. After others connected
to the professor start to disappear, Danny finds himself in great
peril and must travel into the ancient land where this tribe still
lives in order to discover what is truly at stake in his
investigation. A mesmerising blend of science, religion, history and
suspense, The Eighth Day confirms John Case's position as a
master of intelligent commercial fiction.
John Case is the pseudonym for the husband and wife writing team of
Jim and Carolyn Hougan, both published authors in their own right. After
Carolyn died in 2007, Jim left Washington and now lives in Aston,
Virginia. For many years Jim Hougan has been a journalist specialising
in intelligence issues. He has published widely in the field and has
made several accalimed documentaries for US programmes including 60
Minutes. John Case is the author of six thriller novels including the
New York Times bestseller,
The Genesis Code
.
