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It is 1801 and William Priestley, with his wife and young son, are courageously braving the dangers of traveling down the Mississippi River on a flatboat. This immigrant pioneer, the second son of the famous Joseph Priestley, is leaving an oppressive life in rural Pennsylvania in search of a better future and the freedom to choose his own destiny. The original stopping point is to be Natchez, an American territory. Little does he know that this trip instead will end on a plantation in Spanish Colonial Louisiana. Once settled he responds to the realities of plantation life with an inner determination to become successful in ways that were not common practice to the local planters.
The American Revolution is over and the Spanish have kicked the British out of the Gulf Coast of West Florida. It's late 1787 and the Brits want the place back, with an eye on New Orleans. A young Catalonian soldier of fortune languishes in the infamous Newgate prison in London. One day freedom comes his way, but at a price. The British Army, with promises of money and an officer's rank, convinces him to work for them as a spy in Spanish Colonial Louisiana. Little does he know that very soon he will find himself in the middle of one of the most voracious infernos the world has ever known. One the Spanish claim was an accident. Or was it? His attempts to solve this mystery lead into a world of murder and foreign intrigue.
Father Damien Karras: 'Where is Regan?' Regan MacNeil: 'In here. With us.' The terror begins unobtrusively. Noises in the attic. In the child's room, an odd smell, the displacement of furniture, an icy chill. At first, easy explanations are offered. Then frightening changes begin to appear in eleven-year-old Regan. Medical tests fail to shed any light on her symptoms, but it is as if a different personality has invaded her body. Father Damien Karras, a Jesuit priest, is called in. Is it possible that a demonic presence has possessed the child? Exorcism seems to be the only answer... First published in 1971, The Exorcist became a literary phenomenon and inspired one of the most shocking films ever made. This edition, polished and expanded by the author, includes new dialogue, a new character and a chilling new extended scene, provides an unforgettable reading experience that has lost none of its power to shock and continues to thrill and terrify new readers.
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