HOLIEST by Sancta Seraphina

Deep in the heart of Hell, the Fallen Host is living with as much peace as their Father allows them to have, until one day when a treacherous cherub is cast down into their realm like the star Wormwood from Revelation. Yet all of the other portents from Revelation seem to be missing, with the exception of a mysterious manuscript that begins haunting the Devil's dreams and eventually his waking world as well.

Adult • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+ • Diversity Representation/Mental Health/Own Voices • Horror/Supernatural and Occult • Horror • Diversity Representation/Disability

Content Warning: HOLIEST is an adult novel and contains triggering content such as violence, torture, death, graphic depictions of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and attempted suicide. It also depicts mental illness, in particular depression and psychosis (a mental state where a person loses touch with reality, and in this case, experiences vivid, disturbing hallucinations and paranoid delusions) and minor discrimination against the mentally ill main character for his psychosis. HOLIEST is also a novel that features Gothic horror (introspective prose, a sense of being haunted by the past, vengeful persecution), Biblical horror (horror inspired by the fear of God and the more terrifying qualities of scripture), and body horror (horror that involves the body and physical dismemberment). HOLIEST also includes discussion of the problem of evil & theodicy (the vindication of God in the existence of evil), and characters having doubts towards God and their faith.