A Sword of Vengeance - John Stafford

When you find those who prey upon the innocent, you have found the Beast …

It is 1979 and the Cold War tensions between the the United States and Soviet Union have risen to a peak of intensity that makes MAD—Mutually Assured Destruction—seem inevitable. But the nuclear arsenals, aimed in menace at enemy cities across an ocean, are not the true weaponry in a global conflict that is seething to the point of eruption beneath the thin veneer of diplomacy and empty political agreements.

Spiritual forces, powers of darkness and light, are gathering to battle for the soul and future of the world.

Off the coast of Brazil, Brady, a young man who has received a beautiful and terrible gift from the Blessed Virgin, begins the dance of death, delivering long overdue vengeance on a Nazi war criminal who has been secreted in opulent shadows for decades. But killing one of Hitler’s most ruthless monsters is only a prelude. For now, Brady has unraveled the first thread of a mystery that will provoke the wrath of demons and angels alike.

Brady, with the unwavering support of his brothers and sworn friends and allies—joined by spiritual descendants of an ancient order of Jewish warriors—will wage battles that send seismic tremors rippling throughout the Holy Land and the Vatican and all major world capitals—leading “the boy who can call angels” to a horror-filled chateau outside of Paris, and finally, to an ominous Irish castle. It there that Brady will face his greatest challenge, for the castle is home to The Bishop, a servant of the Beast; a man who preys upon the innocent; a man who has amassed incredible power while hiding within the shadows of the Church.

Brady’s only hope for survival—the world’s only hope—is wielding the Sword of Vengeance.