Le héros de ce roman n'est pas Mongo mais son ami Veil Kendry, ex-agent de la CIA devenu artiste peintre, dont nous avons fait la connaissance dans "Les Cantiques de l'archange". On retrouve l'univers habituel de Chesbro et sa façon très personnelle de mêler le rationnel et le paranormal dans une histoire pleine de suspense.
George C. Chesbro was an American author of detective fiction. His most notable works feature Dr. Robert "Mongo the Magnificent" Fredrickson, a private detective with dwarfism. He also wrote the novelization of The Golden Child, a movie of the same name starring Eddie Murphy.
Chesbro was born in Washington, D.C. He worked as a special education teacher at Pearl River and later at rockland Psychiatric Center, where he worked with trouble teens. Chebro was married and had one daughter and two step-daughters.