The Creed Author:Linda Kilgren THE CREED is the story of a San Francisco Homicide Inspector and a psychic, who join forces in a search for a missing child, and become entangled with a group of Satanic religious fanatics. The main theme of the book is good versus evil, in a broader prospective, the book explores the lengths to which human beings will go to gain power. As... more » a consequence of their mutual interest in finding the missing child, the cop, Devin, and the psychic, Samara, become involved in a stormy relationship, which each has difficulty accepting due to previous misadventures with the opposite sex. He is drawn to the mysteriousness which surrounds her and ruthlessly pursues her, although she resists him at every turn. A life-threatening incident brings them together in a romantic way, beginning the tumultuous, up and down relationship between them. THE CREED is a chilling novel which centers around a rash of bizarre and disturbing murders. Mixing elements of the occult and the supernatural, the novel becomes the battleground on which the forces of good must conquer the forces of evil. It is an eerie and thought-provoking account of a side of life few people ever see.« less