The Acolyte

Nick Cutter

Apr 2015 · ChiZine

About this ebook

Jonah Murtag is an Acolyte on the New Bethlehem police force. His job: eradicate all heretical religious faiths, their practitioners, and artefacts. Murtag’s got problems—one of his partners is a zealot, and he’s in love with the other one. Trouble at work, trouble at home. Murtag realizes that you can rob a citizenry of almost anything, but you can’t take away its faith. When a string of bombings paralyzes the city, religious fanatics are initially suspected, but startling clues point to a far more ominous perpetrator. If Murtag doesn’t get things sorted out, the Divine Council will dispatch The Quints, aka: Heaven’s Own Bagmen. The clock is ticking towards doomsday for the Chosen of New Bethlehem. And Jonah Murtag’s got another problem. The biggest and most worrisome . . . Jonah isn’t a believer anymore.

Ratings and reviews

Brutal, in depth, disgusting, absolutely ridiculous and so detail-oriented, you'll be on your seat waiting and wanting more after each page. All the way up to the pivotal finish, it's packed with gore, absolute disaster, religious leaders who are brought up and down, etc, just an amazing novel. 300 pages of A++ writing.

Loved this book.

About the author

Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for the Giller and Trillium-nominated Craig Davidson, author of THE TROOP, CATARACT CITY, SARAH COURT, and RUST & BONE (made into a film starring Marion Cotillard).