Books like The Kingdom of the Wicked

How much of history is truth and how much of it is lies?But, as is well known, literature ceases to be literature when it commits itself to moral uplift: it becomes moral philosophy or some such dull thing. Let us then, in the interest of allaying the boredom of this our life, agree to our complementary damnations. My damnation is, of course, greater than yours, since I am the initiator and you are merely the receptor of evil recordings. Moreover, you may throw this book into the fire if your disgust becomes too great; I am committed to writing it. Take another cup of wine and accept that we human beings are a bad lot.Jesus Christ is crucified but his disciples are still around – what can they do without their charismatic guru? They can tell stories and carry his teachings all over the world. And the more they tell the more miraculous their tales become. But the wicked ones don’t care and never will…