That’s a lot of plot recap that sounds pretty convoluted, because this book has a lot of plot threads that come together in a convoluted manner.

In order to fight this computer program/demon, Sita must deal with the most horrific experience of her life, her capture and torture while being held by Nazis in Auschwitz. Also becoming important (for the first time in the series) is the Veil of Veronica, a Christian relic purported to have been touched by Christ and imbued with special power. Behind that government manhunt is a computer program that is beyond mortal programming abilities and also possible demonic possession. This installment picks up the team of Sita, Matt, Seymour, Cynthia, and more as they are on the run from the government following the destruction of the Cabal of psychic children and the accompanying building they were in. ) I suppose it’s possible to review this book as a stand alone, but why would you read this book on its own when it is listed as either the 5th or 9th volume in the series, depending on how you buy it?

(This is likely the second of three conclusions that this series will have, as Wikipedia indicates there will be two more books before Pike abandons this series for good. The new final book of the Last Vampire series (replacing part 6 as a concluding chapter, and wrapping up this new trilogy of add on books), “The Sacred Veil” takes a somewhat similar approach to book six, relying on revelations from Sita’s past to provide closure to her present.

Thirst no 2 by christopher pike