Demon By Knight

The 'Demon' Is Among Us! A 16-year-old orphan who spent the past six years living homeless on the streets of New York City commits murder. He is sent to purgatory and then on a mission by "The Collective of Gods" in the terrifying new novel Demon by Knight. David Asher must rely on his cunning and ruthlessness to survive. An alcohol and drug abuser, the teen mugs an old woman and accidentally beats her to death. A witness pursues him after the crime, and just when he thinks he has escaped, David accidentally dies. He stands judgment before billions of souls, who promise David that he can regain his life if he works for them one year as "The Vengeful Hand of the Gods." He becomes a contract killer, tasked to murder the worst of the human race in order to maintain the proper balance between good and evil. David finds himself in a demonic body existing somewhere between worlds. He goes through a training period to master the use of his new body, even as his old one is hospitalized in a drug-induced coma in order to put his broken body together again. The fate of a boy is in limbo as Demon by Knight conjures up your worst nightmares and the wildest adventures of the hitman for the gods.