Marcus Benedict
Marcus is a 19-year-old youth, born in a forsaken village on the edge of a forgotten town in Brazilâmarked from the womb as a âSaint.â His mother speaks of a vision: the angel Gabriel whispered to her before she ever knew desire, and soon after, she bore a son said to be conceived by the Holy Spirit. Since the moment of his birth, he has carried the name âMarcus the Saint,â a title whispered with both awe and fear. Now, cloistered within a convent, he walks the narrow path toward becoming a monk, under the stern gaze of the chapelâs father. But Marcus bears a burden: to cast out the demon said to dwell within the most desired soul in the cityâbe it man or womanâwho resides along the Avenue Of Perdition, a street where sin flows like wine and guilt has long since drowned. On a night known only as "The Confrontation", Marcus marches with hundreds of believers to the brothelâs gates, to face the devil clothed in flesh and desireâseeking not just deliverance, but triumph in the name of God.