From Publishers Weekly A fast-paced romantic thriller about a woman's efforts to protect her granddaughter from a satanic cult. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Kirkus Reviews Spellman's corpulent， noisy， sagas with their pretzel plots (Paint the Wind， 1990， etc.) have dealt with earthly mayhem; but now we get a mammoth occult bash， much of the action taking place several mystical leagues off the ground and back all the way to ancient Egypt--with demons booming， gorge-rising sanguinary rites， and a cosmic battle of Satan's fan club vs. a grandmother. Maggie O'Connell's daughter， lost hophead Jenna， had left off her infant， Cody， at Maggie's New York apartment. But now， two years later， three-year-old Cody becomes the epicenter of a cosmic battle. It seems that Cody is really a Messenger of the goddess Isis and capable of Materializing the ``Isis Amulet，'' which will bring the absolute power of Good. Also awaiting Materialization is the ``Stone of Sekhmet'' (very， very bad). Slavering to get at the Stone and defeat Good is a cartel of slime-buckets who are big in drug and arms sales. The grue gang has readied a Connecticut mansion for a dandy Walpurgisnacht ritual. Cody is now the legal possession of a prime nasty who's married to blank-eyed Jenna， and he is being mentally tortured by a terrifying nanny， exposed to a cellar-ful of caged blood ``donors'' (called， with reason， the ``Screamers'') and other miseries. Grandmother Maggie is determined to rescue Cody and collects her allies: a soul-scouring priest， an aged mystic rabbi， a knowledgeable ``metaphysician，'' a police lieutenant， plus a team from Israel's secret army. With lessons in mystic lore， many travels back and forth to ancient Egypt， and uncovering of plots as the deadline to killer-rites nears， there's lots going on. The windup rescue in the crypt with a loud demon who's a whiz at dialectic is a wow. Occult twaddle with a surface scholarly sheen: it's all breathless and urgent--and will probably Materialize on the bestseller lists. (Literary Guild Dual Selection for May) -- Copyright ©1993， Kirkus Associates， LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews