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Demonic possession or psychic break? One of Esquire's Top 50 horror novels of all time delves deep into the terrifying consequences of losing control.'A perfect horror novel.'—Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene insults. Amanda—a successful architect in a happy marriage—finds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that she's doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. At night she dreams of a beautiful woman with pointed teeth on the shore of a blood-red sea.The new voice in Amanda's head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening, and Amanda struggles to wrest back control of her life. A book on demon possession suggests that the figure on the shore could be the demon Naamah, known to scholars of the Kabbalah as the second wife of Adam, who stole into his dreams and tricked him into fathering her child. Whatever the case, as the violence of her erratic behavior increases, Amanda knows that she must act to put her life right, or see it destroyed.This new edition of the cult classic features a brand new post-script by the author and an'Are You Possessed?'questionnaire. A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that’s replaced by obscene insults. Amanda—a successful architect in a happy marriage—finds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that she’s doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. At night she dreams of a beautiful woman with pointed teeth on the shore of a blood-red sea. The new voice in Amanda’s head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening, and Amanda struggles to wrest back control of her life. A book on demon possession suggests that the figure on the shore could be the demon Naamah, known to scholars of the Kabbalah as the second wife of Adam, who stole into his dreams and tricked him into fathering her child. Whatever the case, as the violence of her erratic behavior increases, Amanda knows that she must act to put her life right, or see it destroyed. Amanda Is Happily Married To Ed, Works As An Architect, And Likes Her Life. But Disturbances Begin To Upset Her. Odd Noises Haunt Their Apartment. She Suffers Occasional Blackouts, Yet There Is No Medical Explanation. She And Her Husband Have Petty Squabbles, And Ed Seems Less Than Lovable. The Image Of A Beautiful Woman Out Of Her Past Invades Amanda's Dreams. Instead Of A Book She Had Ordered By Mail, She Receives Demon Possession, Past And Present. Soon After, Amanda Accidentally Burns Her Husband With A Cigarette. Something Seemed To Take Her Over. She Begins To Study The Book On Possession. Does Everything That Has Happened Have A Rational Explanation? Are The Coincidences That Have Occurred Just That? Or Has She Been Possessed By A Female Demon Known To Students Of The Kabbalah As Naamah? Sara Gran.