First published 2026
A cathedral sits fenced off in the middle of downtown Los Angeles. Nobody looks at it anymore. Then a body turns up inside, and the victim is a cop. Lieutenant Christine Marks takes the case personally because the dead man is her father. She goes in with detectives Paul Hernandez and Steve Mayfield at her side. The building is not just abandoned. For centuries, shamans, warriors, and priests have kept a demon locked to this specific patch of earth, and the thing is working to break free. Each room the three investigators push through gives up another piece of that old history. The knowledge they need to survive is buried in the records of everyone who fought this battle before them. Marks has to absorb it fast. The demon is not waiting. What began as a murder investigation turns into a test of stamina, faith, and nerve, and the horror waiting at the center of the church is the kind that myths only gesture at from a safe distance.
Genres: fiction, mystery, horror, supernatural, thriller, dark-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, eerie, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: forbidden-knowledge, found-family, personal-stakes, race-against-time
Setting: Los Angeles, Cathedral, Downtown Los Angeles
128 pages · Paperback · Storm King Comics
Content warnings: death, murder, violence