Krampus: The Yule Lord

SantaClaus, my dear old friend, you are a thief, a traitor, a slanderer, a murder, aliar, but worst of all you are a mockery of everything for which I stood.You have sung your last ho, ho, ho, for I am coming totake your head. I am coming to take back what is mine, to take back Yuletide...             The authorand artist of The Child Thief returns with a modern fabulist tale ofKrampus, the Lord of Yule and mortal enemy of Santa Claus.            OneChristmas Eve in a small hollow in Boone County, West Virginia, strugglingsongwriter Jesse Walker witnesses a strange spectacle: seven devilish figureschasing a man in a red suit toward a sleigh and eight reindeer. When thereindeer leap skyward taking the sleigh, devil men, and Santa into the clouds,screams follow. Moments later, a large sack plummets earthward, a magical sackthat will thrust the down-on-his luck singer into the clutches of theterrifying Yule Lord, Krampus. But the lines between good and evil becomeblurred as Jesse's new master reveals many dark secrets about thecherry-cheeked Santa Claus, and how half a millennium ago, the jolly old saintimprisoned Krampus and usurped his magic.             Now Santa'stime is running short, for the Yule Lord is determined to have his retributionand reclaim Yuletide. If Jesse can survive this ancient feud, he might have thechance to redeem himself to his family, to save his own broken dreams...andhelp bring the magic of Yule to the impoverished folk of Boone County. Read more