Download or read book The Book of the Beast written by Tanith Lee and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunted house and a ghostly woman are the instruments that release an ancient curse upon the forgotten city of Paradys. As a savage, unholy beast prowls the city’s streets, a young student seeks to uncover the secrets that will lead to his salvation. Lee infuses this dark tale, the second volume in the series, with a dreamlike quality that hovers, like the world in The Book of the Damned, on the border of reality.