Three souls are owed to the devil.
A golem is ordered from China, along with a demon soul, a pickled bluebird
in a jar, which goes astray. Walt Stebbins finds he can wish on the bluebird,
but the man who ordered it, the businessman Argyle, is desperate to have
it back, believing it to be his one hope of redemption. Evil is abroad in
Orange, and while Reverend Bentley, who, not believing in the reality of
such a transaction, brokered the sale of the souls, and Father Mahoney walk
the streets with holy bells to drive off demons, Argyle engages in a fight
for his life and soul.
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