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The Calamities
2026
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Rival demon families control the world's wealth and power in this contemporary dark fantasy, an atmospheric and macabre epic that melds arcane magic with enthralling family drama, from New York Times bestselling author of The Wanderers. Fiends walk among us. Half-human, half-demon, each belonging to a diabolical bloodline going back millennia. They have embedded themselves in human society and control untold wealth, influence, and prestige. That power does not come It comes from buying human souls. And the great demonic families have long been embroiled in a cold war that could engulf the world if it ever turned bloody. But that delicate balance is challenged when the fiends begin having dreams of a mysterious church in the American The families send five emissaries—their outsiders, their misfits, their black sheep—to investigate the structure. Because it may harbor a power even darker and greater than that of the fiends. And the visions may turn out to be prophecies of war.

Author

Chuck Wendig
Chuck Wendig
Author · 78 books

Chuck Wendig is a novelist, a screenwriter, and a freelance penmonkey. He has contributed over two million words to the roleplaying game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP). He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is a fellow of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, will show at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producer Ted Hope. Chuck's novel Double Dead will be out in November, 2011. He's written too much. He should probably stop. Give him a wide berth, as he might be drunk and untrustworthy. He currently lives in the wilds of Pennsyltucky with a wonderful wife and two very stupid dogs. He is represented by Stacia Decker of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. You can find him at his website, terribleminds.com.

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