Cirrus@Austlit

'She turned and saw them. Three black shapes in a crowd of colour, moving slowly like scuttling roaches.

'Three women, dressed in leathers, carrying biker helmets.  They had come here to find someone. They had come here to hunt.

'Three hundred years ago, Lily’s ancestor broke a solemn promise signed in blood. And now she is thrust into a shadow world where Satan is real, witches exist and evil is an ancient living thing that seeks to wreak havoc and rule.

'The dark is coming, and only she can stop it.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Lily heard a sound that sent her into a sudden inexplicable panic.
A sound so primitive, it chilled her to her bones.
Try as she might, Lily could not control the fear that surged through her.
The creature was an emissary of Satan.

'As the celestial firestorm night of Unholy nears, Lily finds herself caught deep within the shadow world of black witchcraft - a world more evil than she ever could have imagined.

'In the race to save her mother's soul, Lily will need all of her strength and newfound powers to battle the elite witches hell-bent on her capture.

'A relentless page-turner, with plot twists that will shock and disturb - Unholy unleashes the darkness that seeks to destroy the world as we know it.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The thrilling final book in acclaimed Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett’s dark witchcraft series, Palace of Fires.

'The thrilling conclusion to acclaimed Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett’s dark witchcraft series will keep you riveted and enthralled to the very last page.

'To prepare herself for the final climactic battle between dark and light, Lily goes to a remote region of Japan to study under a legendary ninja grand master. But she returns as the Golden Order is about to unleash Ganglia, a disturbance designed to kill thousands and wreak global havoc. Can Lily’s own powers of witchcraft pass the ultimate test in a deadly confrontation with the Beast, son of Satan come to earth?

'She spun around and saw a shape in shadow. Dark on dark. Gleaming eyes and teeth, with an old dank smell of gravesites and death. Then a sudden glint of metal – a sword. The moonlight shifted. Lily gasped and stepped back from the Fallen Priest. He was holding the Soul Cutter.'

Source : publisher's blurb