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Wake the Devil
Based Upon True Events that Rocked a City!
2004 : Truman Newirth, the ill-fated successor to his father's empire, has made the prodigal journey home to New Orleans. He intends only to sign off on his inherited dilapidated property and return home. However, a dusty manuscript and ominous nightmares will take him on a journey into the city's dark past.
1918 : Italian grocers are being butchered in their beds with no apparent motive. To the police the killer is cunning and untraceable. To the frightened citizens of a city on edge it seems the Devil has come to town. Young Carlito Mastriani believes he knows the grisly truth about the Axeman, and he will risk his life and sanity to end the elusive madman’s wrath.
Though separated by nearly a century, Carlito's quest to save his community will reveal not only the killer's monstrous origins but also Truman's familial connection to one of the city's most horrific and violent legacies -- The Axeman!
2004 : Truman Newirth, the ill-fated successor to his father's empire, has made the prodigal journey home to New Orleans. He intends only to sign off on his inherited dilapidated property and return home. However, a dusty manuscript and ominous nightmares will take him on a journey into the city's dark past.
1918 : Italian grocers are being butchered in their beds with no apparent motive. To the police the killer is cunning and untraceable. To the frightened citizens of a city on edge it seems the Devil has come to town. Young Carlito Mastriani believes he knows the grisly truth about the Axeman, and he will risk his life and sanity to end the elusive madman’s wrath.
Though separated by nearly a century, Carlito's quest to save his community will reveal not only the killer's monstrous origins but also Truman's familial connection to one of the city's most horrific and violent legacies -- The Axeman!
547 pages, Paperback
Published May 23, 2018
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