Drawn from differing backgrounds, from every facet of society, nine gather to oppose God. In a society very much like ours, the Church and State however are one, and heretics are punished; and failure to show up for service gets you fined. The priests know everything, for interior locutions tell them of all crimes: but ignore the private sins. From this, Gilbert the seminarian deduces that the spirit behind the locutions is not good. At the top of...