Strolling along the beach after breaking up with the beautiful and enigmatic Sienna, David is horrified to find a woman's body half-buried in the sand - and stunned when the dead woman is identified as Sienna. The prime suspect in his ex-girlfriend's murder, David is interviewed by an FBI agent who declares that the killing was part of a Satanic ritual. But David knows that Sienna isn't dead. She keeps leaving messages on his answering machine, messages which are mysteriously erased before he can play them for the authorities. Desperate to find Sienna and identify the dead woman, David finds himself oddly distracted by an old crush, Julie, who has suddenly reappeared in his life and claims to be falling in love with him. But David still loves Sienna. Though the Rev. Pomus warns him that there is true evil in the world, David continues to search for the supposed Satanic worshippers, closely followed by the FBI agent. David's search for Sienna and the truth about her disappearance takes him from coastal California to New York City to Florida - and into the darkest night of his soul.
Author
Christopher Pike is the pseudonym of Kevin McFadden. He is a bestselling author of young adult and children's fiction who specializes in the thriller genre. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. McFadden was born in New York but grew up in California where he stills lives in today. A college drop-out, he did factory work, painted houses and programmed computers before becoming a recognized author. Initially unsuccessful when he set out to write science fiction and adult mystery, it was not until his work caught the attention of an editor who suggested he write a teen thriller that he became a hit. The result was Slumber Party (1985), a book about a group of teenagers who run into bizarre and violent events during a ski weekend. After that he wrote Weekend and Chain Letter. All three books went on to become bestsellers.
