Devil's Verse: Natasha Azshatan Unlocks Ancient Mysteries, Reveals Secrets, and Wrestles with Demons as She Fights to Stay Alive

In Devil's Verse, paleographer Dr. Natasha Azshatan sets out to prove her friend, a Russian Orthodox priest, was murdered and did not commit suicide as investigators presume. Above Father Elijah's hanging corpse-apparently written in blood by his own hand-is the Latin palindrome known as The Devil's Verse, words that Natasha translates to read, "We wander in darkness and are consumed by fire."

After the local sheriff is murdered in the same manner, Natasha's quest to discover why the priest...