"At long last things are looking up for our hero: the end of the world has been stalled indefinitely, the evil Pope Jacko is burning in Hell, and the arch-rival Paul Carnovitz has hit the skids in a big way. But life is about to throw Wormwood the biggest curveball imaginable. Maggie--blissfully unaware of her lover's devilish origins--has some very special news for him. And just when he's struggling with the possibility that he might have to finally grow up, something else begins to stir. . . something old and terrible, down in the depths of the Pit."--P. [4] of cover.