The Apostate — Paul Lonardo

However, as the malevolent shadow spreads across the land, the prospects for the 21st century begin to look bleak.

Then, three seemingly ordinary people are brought together:

Julian, an environmentalist, is sent to Caldera to investigate bizarre ecological occurrences;

Saney, a relocated psychiatrist, is trying to understand why the city's inhabitants are experiencing an unusually high frequency of mental disorders;

Finally, Chris, a runaway teenage boy, happens along and the three of them quickly discover that they are the only people who can defeat the true source of the region's evil, which may or may not be the Devil himself.

When a man claiming to work for a mysterious global organization informs the trio that Satan has, in fact, chosen Caldera as the site of the final battle between good and evil, only one question remains...Is it too late for humanity?