Ten years ago, a deadly cult sought to gain favor with an ancient demon named Attaroth. They failed miserably, and eventually they all died during an armed raid. All except a ten-year-old girl named Clay. At least, that's what she always thought. Now Clay's on the run, terrified to stay in one place for too long. Pursued by the same demon that spurned the cult members, Clay knows that - for some reason - Attaroth sees her as his route into the mortal world. And as dark forces close in all around her, Clay starts to realize that her days of running might soon be over. Attaroth is back, and this time he wants the human body he was promised. Better the Devil (originally released as The Girl Clay but reissued now in this updated edition) is a horror story about a frightened little girl who was once dragged into a nightmare, and about her attempts several years later to ensure that a terrifying prophecy never comes to pass.