Satan's Servant

by B.W. Battin

A nine-year-old boy propositions his favorite teacher, using obscenities that would make a sailor blush. A farmer discovers dozens of hacked-up chickens on his property. A baby is kidnapped and later found with its throat slashed, the clawed body of the kidnapper nearby.What is happening?The sleepy town of Rancho Lucero, New Mexico, is possessed. A night of unspeakable terror awaits the handful of survivors who put their faith in the one man who can destroy the soul-devouring demons. That man is Satan's servant and he must destroy them ... or die.

Genres: Horror

302 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite an entertaining book by B.W.Battin. Some evil spirits are conjured up by an amateur satanist and a whole small town comes under the spell of evil. Is there any hope for the population? Can Deputy Sheriff Mike Ryan safe the residents and himself? What about Roger, the referend of the church of Satan? I quite like the perspective that Satan is more powerful here than God as his minions are concerned and that his pentagram is in the focus not the cross. Page turning action but sometimes the story drags along and could have been written a bit punchier. Interesting ending though. Certainly not a must read but a good horror story of the 80s. A recommendation for everyone keen on satanism and a possessed small town. You will also find references to The Exorcist here!

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

5 pointed star inscribed in the centre, the head of a goat. A Satanist church indulging in all things pleasure. Away to celebrate life. A bunch of chickens scarified in an out of way bushland. A baby kidnapped, throat cut, discarded like garbage, a man dead, clawed down the back found at the ritual scene. The babies mother later found hung. An evil thing conjured up from a satanic ritual. A school student sexually harassing a teacher with explicit words, before a sewer like stench forms in the classroom, the teacher falling violently ill. The town is starting to go crazy from the inside. People doing things like they are possessed, stripping people and beating them, breaking stuff the evil smell sticking in the nostrils. The evil spirits like to find human hosts, hundreds of them unleashed from the other world wanting to have fun. There are only a small few not possessed who are trying to fight the evil. Bodies will be hung in freezers, eyes wide open, face twisted in agony, armless, legless, sex organs hacked off. Terror in a small town with no escape.

[Adam A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

graphic, sexually-explicit pulp horror novel about demonic possession of a town in the American Southwest by the King of Demons Himself. My Grade 8 shops teacher was horrified that I was reading something that even said "Satan" on the cover, so he reprimanded me. Then he suffered from a chemical imbalance in his inner ear and was forced to retire. Coincidence?

[Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it like I like those movies on TV on rainy Sunday afternoons. It didn't demand much, and it gave back what I put into it, which wasn't a lot, but that was somehow OK. :)

The ending is a little less satisfying than I thought. It didn't seem to have the bang I was expecting from all the buildup. Maybe the journey was the point. I dunno. Anyway, it was OK/

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm proud to know this author who has dished up a story a la Stephen King but far more literate. And I forced myself to stay up past my bedtime on a weeknight because I just couldn't leave it hanging. Wow!