True to his favorite theme of exploring the many faces of earthly Evil, John Russo in “Midnight” introduces us to another variety of it. “In the name of religion or in reference to it, a person is capable of the most cruel and reckless actions,” says one of the heroes of the story, and his words sound like a gloomy prophecy: for religious fanatics from West Virginia, the path from innocent witchcraft experiments to sophisticated ritual murders is short. . The panorama of bloody obscurantism keeps the reader in constant suspense from the first pages and, even without the author's commentary, leaves no doubt about the ways of the true salvation of the human soul.