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Ame-#]rican ps _ychologist ^^/,John Ho/!lde/ : n arrives in ;London to): ; pa/;rticipate]: :in a sympos `iu @*m aiming to expose witchcraft and devil-w$ ,(=orship \ `as,: a f,=!raud,;-% w;*.ith a-ttenti+on` centered @on a -$+cult ru$(n by `! a Julia;+n Karswell. Debarking/ his plane, Holden lea@,? rns tha_ t ( \th%;e sym;,posium le_ader, Henry ,_H; !,a-r [rington, h.as suddenly died and he %! i\%s now in ch !a#))rge. What on-^ly the au;!dience knows is:#$ @ tha ]t H /ar`+%rin)[`gt -on was cle,. arly ki;-! lled by a dem=@on,*# apparent\ly -s( ummoned b ;y Karswell to aveng-+e his persec:ution. !_Desp[it$:e bot! h thr,_))eatening and cajoling #beh -avior b?%^y Karswell, Holde` @n . $ d#=)et -,ermi_ -nes to proceed, though t@_he only cult member willin$g to =talk ab,ou *( t his experi @(enc;,e[`]s is=\ in a priso-n psych)iatric ,(*$w^a @rd,/_ cata-to$^nic after all `(\egedl - y ](ki.:/llin=_g yet an other cult /`+member. H)owever, Harrington[=!'s niec`(e, ( Joanna, bel.\ieves, bas# :ed_ on h=^ er uncle's n)`]`otes, that K^[ ar ]swell may indee(?d have some satanic pow+#: ers derived fr; #om an an cient tome=;- in an obscure (% languag\`e which he h@as been _abl: +e=: t%+o$] translate, and]. a.*ttem pts to warn t +h-e ;-%skep$\/tic Holden. Karsw( ell's m=/)@other also attempts t[*o%# warn -_ ^*Holden off. Howeve% r, the thi:ng which %)+ begins to most (]get to Hol ;de=n a ,re] the occa. sional,* ?#( bu,t` mounting, sensor,.y and? `% \?me.ntal distur`*+ba nces he begins experi encin%g after an)/* ?e)ncounter -\@w :i#th _+(.Karswell,\( and the ) dis% c `@[ov=]ery ( that, d;/.uring\ this en# +:counter, % Kars ;well se] _/%cretly =slipped a ]\\ slip of parchmen/ t with !a curse in ;r$unic symbols (o[ n ;.+it)^ ?into Hol.?@*den's b elongings, a par: chment id.,==e! ntical to/, one[#, Har/ rington reco=.@rded ha\\ $ving had passed to %!h@im in a simil %ar \ ;m`$ anner shortly bef(=]ore \ his death... [N.B. .@ Holden at no point stays :+at the Ka]rswell esta te].