Jeremy Thorne is the American ambassador to England. He is a man who loves his wife Katherine very much. Katherine is a very loving wife who wants to have a child badly. She wants to take care of a baby of her own. Katherine gets pregnant and has a baby. While the doctors are cleaning the baby, it dies. Jeremy goes to talk to the doctor. The doctor tell him that he could take another baby that was beautiful and had its mother die. Thorne takes the child and raises him as his own. They named the baby Damien.
On Damien’s forth birthday his nanny, Chessa, hangs herself for Damien. Shortly afterward a new nanny named Mrs. Baylock comes to replaces her. Father Tassone (who was one of the father’s at Damien’s birth) warns Thorne that Damien is the antichrist and that he must be killed. Father Tassone tells him that Damien will kill an unborn child and eventually kill Katherine. During a storm a pole falls on Father Tassone while he is trying to seek shelter and it kills him instantly.
A photographer by the name of Jennings starts noticing strange things on the photograph the people that have died. Jennings felt that Jeremy had some problems and decided to help him find the truth about Damien. Jennings and Thorne go to the hospital in Rome where Damien was born. They discover that all of the records were destroyed in a fire. They see Father Spiletto who was burned completely on one side to see if he could tell them anything. They ask him what they should do to find out that Damien is the antichrist. He spells out the word “Cervet.” They find out it means that they should go to a cemetery to see what happened to the mother of Damien. They find the skeleton of a jackal. They then look in the grave of Jeremy and Katherine’s baby. They find out that Jeremy’s baby was murdered so Damien could take his place. They start to realize that there is something different about Damien. Jeremy calls Katherine right away to tell her to leave London and to stay away from Damien.
While Katherine is in the hospital Mrs. Baylock come in and pushes her out a window. She land on an ambulance and dies instantly. Jeremy and Jennings go to Israel to see Bugenhagen, who is obsessed with the murder of the antichrist. He gives Thorne seven daggers. The first one while only kill the body of the antichrist and the other six will destroy the soul. He tells Thorne that the antichrist will have a birthmark with three sixes. Thorne leaves Megiddo and throws the dagger claiming that he won’t kill an innocent child. Jennings goes to retrieve the daggers. While he is picking them up and truck brake goes out and starts rolling back. A piece of glass flies off the truck and decapitates Jennings.
Do you think Damien knows who he is?
Do you think Mrs. Baylock is sent from hell to watch over Damien?
Why do you think that is takes all seven daggers to destroy the antichrist?
I thought that the book was very suspenseful. It will always leave you guessing what will happhen next. It is very mysterious. All the character seem like something that could actually happen.
From Page 141
Thorne read the verse’ “The beast has a human number. The number the beast bears is six hundred and sixty-six.” He looked at Jennings and asked, “What does this have to do with my son.”
Jennings answered, “If he has the number somewhere on his body, we know he is the beast.
This paragraph tell what Thorne must look for to see if Damien is the antichrist. If Damien has that mark he is the antichrist. If he doesn’t he is a normal child. The mark will determine everything.
I thought that it was a very god book and that anyone who like horror or suspense would love reading this book. Remember that you don’t always know what you are signing up for. It may seem like a good idea at the time but think about your future. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.
