Saint Cecilia of the Court (1905)

MEXICO CITY IS SINKING! From the author of The Long Ride comes this new and even more exciting novel, Blood Castle. AUGUST GLENN, action hero and genius with psychic powers, takes on his first case as a specially trained fighter of supernatural evil. Together with his beautiful Gypsy wife, ZARINA, and JULIAN NAVARRO, the daring head of the Mexican governmentas Commission on Elevation Decline, August accepts a dangerous challenge. He attempts to find out why Mexico Cityas normal rate of sinking into the mucky ground it was built on has increased to a disastrous eight inches per week, and why those who probe into the phenomena are being murderedamysteriously burned to death. The investigation leads August, Zarina, and Julian to the most bizarre and frightening residence in Mexico CityaBlood Castle. They uncover a coven of warlocks plotting to use their supernatural powers to destroy all governments in the world. But finding this den of horrors is only the beginning. Now good faces off against evil in a suspense-filled buildup toward a shattering climax.