Michael Egan

The Devil's Detour Michael Egan

Ann Savage: Not to be fucked with ever! Frank Stirling: Arsehole. Nybbas: Bad Motherfucker demon from Hell. Frank hitches a lift with James, a chatty, harmless looking white dude in a shiny new Audi. Before you can say Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah the guy has a heart attack and dies on the side of a country road. Frank, not one to stand on ceremony, grabs the guy's wallet, which is stuffed full of cash, jumps in the Audi and gets the fuck out of Dodge, pronto. The first of many bad ideas over the next two days. Later that day, Ann, a street-smart grifter, forces herself on Frank and into the Audi and quickly ascertains that the car is stolen. Rather than turn Frank into the cops, she blackmails him into staying with her until they sell the car and split the cash. What they don't know and soon find out is that the wallet Frank stole is cursed. During drug and alcohol-fueled sex on their first night together in a seedy motel, Ann becomes undead and tries to kill Frank, but he kills her instead, only to have her reappear the next day with no memory of the night before. They have sex again, and Frank kills her again...and again. Sounds like a fun story, right? What are you waiting for, don't be a tightarse, buy the book. The pair soon cross horns with Nybbas, the Devil's vice-regent on Earth. The Devil has plans to take Ann's unborn baby, oh, sorry, did I forgot to mention that Ann was up the duff, well she is, and it turns out her baby is the second coming of the Christ, as prophesied since J. C., numero uno Christ, checked out on the cross in 32AD. Once the Devil has the baby which he must collect during the Blood Moon eclipse in two-day's time, he plans to kick off Armageddon. No, not the Bruce Willis movie, the end of days biblical thing. Not to be confused with the Arnold Schwarzenegger "End Of Days" movie either, not a bad flick by the way. I digress. Frank must save Ann and the baby before the Blood Moon eclipse ends. The fate of humankind hangs in the balance. It's not looking too good folks.