Pray for the Devil

Author’s Note:I wrote and copyrighted this novel in 2010. I say this out front lest anyone accuse me of exploiting a terrible, tragic event. Besides occasional grammatical “tweaks” since then, every detail of this novel is the same as when I wrote it. You can verify this claim by checking Registration Number TXu 1-711-463 at the Copyright Office. Given all that has happened since the end of 2012, I could wait no longer to find a book publisher. The prophetic nature and awful relevance of the theme urged me to rush Pray for the Devil into eBooks. Thanks to Smashwords for making this possible. About the Author. As a Protestant minister for almost thirty years, I've come to accept the beliefs of old as closer to the truth than the practical, scientific ones of today, not necessarily as revealed in extravagant, entertaining works like "The Exorcist," but in countless news stories of inexplicable and depraved violence. Why does one person, subjected to a lifetime of abuse, manage to rise above it and become a contributing member of society, while others, whose struggles could only be described as minor, resort to horrific behavior? Psychology has yet to pose a satisfying theory; only the influence of spiritual agents begins to.