Hidden in the desolate woods on the Central California coast, lost to timeand memory, is a WPA mural unlike any other created during the 1930s. Thisone was not simply fashioned from charcoal and paint; it was crafted out ofundying evil--the evil of an ancient demonic army called Legion. When structural inspector Jack Hayden stumbles upon the mural in a ruinedcivic building, he tries to convince himself that it might add to thecrumbling structure's value. But that note of hopefulness is quicklyreplaced by terror as the mural spreads its cruel, nightmarish horror overHayden and everyone in his life. Soon he's leading his own attack forcemade up of those who have managed to fend off the evil of the mural intheir souls, but now must do so in physical terms...or die trying. The fictional debut of a new master of horror fiction!