In this tale of neo-gothic horror Haliberton "Bertie" Beaumont, heir to the Beaumont shipping fortune, schemes to seduce the pretty young daughter of Matthias Gogg, a fundamentalist religious fanatic who secretly believes in human sacrifice... ...... "A terrific piece of writing... Best thing I've read in years." BERNELL MACDONALD, Author, The Monster of Moneymore "Keeps readers on the one hand laughing, while on the other appalled. Raymond Fraser can mix the absurdities of humanity into fine, plausible fiction." MICHAEL O. NOWLAN, The Gleaner "I've never read anything like it. It's brilliant " NEIL TONER, Librarian "There's no other writer quite like Raymond Fraser. His style is absolutely fascinating " CORA LILLIAN HUDSON, Facebook "A New Brunswick literary icon, and one of Canada's best story tellers." MELISSA WALKER, Park Towers Magazine "Raymond Fraser's booming Maritime vigour and directness seem like a roaring tide battering the literary shore." KEITH GAREBIAN, "The Montreal Story Tellers" "A legendary writer of fiction and New Brunswick's very own treasure." LINDA HERSEY, Moncton Times&Transcript