About the Book
Source: Wikia. Pages: 36. Chapters: Aphrodite Society, Archetype, Banshee, Blasphemers, Carpet Crawler, Chitter, Chupacabra, Church of the Angelic Host, Clapper, Collector, Death Merchant, Dog-Spider, Doppelganger, E-Demon, First Step, Flatliners, Friendly Angel, Frightener, Gatherer, Gemini, Grandmother, Haunt, Haunter, Hawg, Hekatonkhire, Hive-mind, Horror, Hue, JDG Cryogenics, Jason, Kakos stromithicarum, Lament, Lawgiver, Lazarus Redux, Leech, Lost Boy, Malfean, Marrow, Missionary Works of the Holy Ghost, Mortwight, National Security Agency, Necropolis, Nephwrack, Neverborn, NextWorld, Nihil, Oblivion, Omophagia, Onceborn, Orphan-Grinder, Orpheus Group, Orpheus Quick Reference, Outflyer, Phantasm, Pigment, Poltergeist, Project Flatline, Radio Free Death, Reaper, Ribbon Cutter, Shade, Shepherd, Skimmer, Skinrider, Sleeper, Spectral hive, Spectre, Spirit, Spite, Spite Rat, Spreader, Stain, Stormwall, Swarm Globe, Syrene, Temple of the Mother of Vision, Terrel and Squib, Transcendence, Vitality, Wisp. Excerpt: The Aphrodite Society is a small pigment cult that is, unknowingly, part of a much larger one: the Missionary Works of the Holy Ghost. Like other Missionary divisions, it is headed by a Flatliner, in this case Harper Forester. Of the divisions, the Aphrodite Society is the one that most resembles the classic cult stereotype. The Society preys on the lost and abandoned by promising companionship and spiritual connections in exchange for servitude. The cult indulges heavily in sex and drugs, the main of which one is pigment, of course. It considers the pleasures of the flesh part of understanding what it calls the "experiences of life." Also emphasized is an obsession with the supernatural; because of the influence of pigment, more is sought from what cult members have dubbed "the underworld" than any so-called higher plain. The man supposedly in charge is John Star; a heavy believer in the supernatural and a pigment user himself, he is manipulated by Fores...
