<p>Pope John XXIII has died. The hierarchy of the Catholic Church is gathering at the Vatican to choose his successor. But there is a snake in the garden - a demon trying to corrupt the process. Ruth, the angelic head of the Curia, asks a retired hunter to join her to kill the demon and save the Church. Will they succeed? Or will the next Pope answer to a Lower Power?</p>

Pope John XXIII has died. The hierarchy of the Catholic Church is gathering at the Vatican to choose his successor. But there is a snake in the garden - a demon trying to corrupt the process. Ruth, the angelic head of the Curia, asks a retired hunter to join her to kill the demon and save the Church. Will they succeed? Or will the next Pope answer to a Lower Power?

Pontifex Demonicus (1963)

The Curia Chronicles Anthology is set in a world like ours, but with a sinister difference – a covert war between demons and the Curia, a secret organization of human demon hunters, has raged for centuries. Season One takes listeners through the turbulent decade of the 1960s. From the Cold War front lines of Vietnam and Berlin to the racial fault lines of the Deep South, demons and hunters fight for human souls. This anthology series has stories from both sides of the war and expands the lore of the novel The Curia Chronicles.

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The Curia Chronicles Anthology is set in a world like ours, but with a sinister difference – a covert war between demons and the Curia, a secret organization of human demon hunters, has raged for centuries. Season One takes listeners through the turbulent decade of the 1960s. From the Cold War front lines of Vietnam and Berlin to the racial fault lines of the Deep South, demons and hunters fight for human souls. This anthology series has stories from both sides of the war and expands the lore of the novel The Curia Chronicles. Please follow us on BlueSky at stephandjeffwrites.bsky.social.

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