Demons: A Novel - Softcover

"An allegory for our time, full of creepy splendorand excitement . . . Demons is a brave and smart book. Read it if you dare."--San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Demons is funny, outrageous, and frightening, and, as a metaphor for our times, it works frighteningly well."--Rocky Mountain News

"Barely street-legal, Shirley's Bosch-like visions mark him out as perhaps the closest thing contemporary American fantasy has to a genuine 'outsider artist.'"--William Gibson

"John Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell. I heartily recommend a journey with John Shirley at your side."--Clive Barker

"John Shirley writes like a runaway train. . . . Intensely suspenseful, visionary, surreal, and every bit as gritty and immediate and believable as a police report, this book will scare you, dazzle you, and delight you."--Tim Powers

In a post-apocalyptic, near-future world, evil demons roam the earth, delighting in the sadistic torture of any humans they encounter, while Ira, a young San Francisco artist, joins forces with a powerful young seeress and an offbeat group of scientists and philosophers to end the reign of terror. Reprint.