A pandemic has gripped America. Thousands and thousands of adults and children have been possessed by demons, taking on the images of characters from films, books and comics known to every American since childhood. Indiana Jones settled in the soul of some, and Wolverine of others... Someone became Luke Skywalker, and someone became Superman... And there is no exorcist who would help the victims of this total insanity. However... is that so bad? After all, the most celebrated and charming heroes of American pop culture have always been “good guys.” At least... almost all of them. It’s with this “almost” that the problems begin. Because there are also “bad guys”...

Multi-level, multi-layered fiction. Daryl Gregory knows how to ask questions and make readers think about the answers. "Asimov's Science Fiction"

Beware, Mr. Letham ! Daryl Gregory is the new star of intellectual science fiction, a writer who knows how to give pop cultural cliches a depth that science fiction has not seen since the days of Philip K. Dick. Charles Colman Finley