In the moonlit ruins of the Temple of Apollo, a young archeologist falls into a trance and offers a clue to the secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most celebrated religious ritual of ancient Greece. She then succumbs to a terrible vision and screams in a frenzy of fright, 'The Furies are coming! The Furies!'The clue from the Oracle leads Jack Duran and his older brother Dan to a mysterious island and a Dionysian orgy of Maenad revellers. When the orgy ends in a grisly murder, the women vanish like ghosts. Dan is framed and arrested for the killing, but Jack slips away. He enlists the help of the archeologist to expose the pagan cult on the island, uncover their ancient secrets, and save his brother. When they finally penetrate the cult's castle-like monastery, the spirits of the terrifying Furies are unleashed.Once again, David Angsten delivers a heart-pounding thriller while taking his readers on a action filled exploration of myth and legend.