Kirkus Reviews and Publisher’s Weekly have described his books as “unfailingly readable”, and “difficult to put down”, 'whose menace and tension flatten the reader's nose to the page while snapping his fingers', with writing that is “razor-sharp but oh-so-lyrical. The author of forty published books, most in the suspense-thriller category, Marc Olden was recognized since the beginning of his career as a masterful crime novelist, acclaimed as “superior to just about all thriller writers for knockout characterizations and superbly whimsical dialogue.” and “a master of intrigue and adventure”. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. i.'.a provocative, emotionally charged portrait. Frail, gallant Edgar Allan Poe and the grieving, brilliant boxer unite in a perilous mission to find and destroy Jonathan before he can achieve his goal of controlling Lucifer and thereby change the destiny of the world. Jonathan seeks the Throne of Solomon which will grant him immortality and dominion over Lucifer, Asmodeus and all the demons of the upper air. Figg is pursuing Jonathan the sorcerer and spiritualist. Pierce James Figg, a renowned ex-bare knuckle fighter, has arrived in New York from London carrying with him a letter of introduction from Charles Dickens to Edgar Allan Poe. This fast-paced tale of historical supernatural suspense, which Booklist hailed as 'unfailingly readable and terrifically well-written,' provides 'one cliffhanging chapter after another' ( Kirkus Reviews).Against a backdrop of New York City in the 1840’s, a hellhole of crime and squalor, Edgar Allan Poe plays out a deadly game, fighting not only the demonic forces waged against him, but also his personal demons, the memory of his beloved wife and the alcohol he consumes in order to forget her. Now, writer and fighter must stand together to save humanity from a darkness beyond even Poe's tortured imagination. A bare-knuckle fighter named Pierce James Figg arrives with a letter of introduction from Charles Dickens, begging for Poe's help chasing down the power-mad devil worshiper. In the shadows of New York City, Poe drowns his talent in rotgut gin, trying to forget the death of his beloved wife.

To combat his dark designs, mankind's hopes rest on a troubled author named Edgar Allan Poe. Jonathan is the most powerful psychic on earth, and in service of his god, Lucifer, he will tear civilization apart. The throne has been lost for millennia, but now one man seeks to find it and harness its secrets to unleash hell upon the world. It is said that beneath Solomon's glorious throne, books that gave the fabled king control over life, death, and demonic power were buried. A half-mad, alcoholic Edgar Allan Poe aims to defeat an occultist's terrifying plot in this 'intelligent, suspenseful' thriller set in 1840s New York ( Booklist).

Poe Must Die by Marc Olden