Paul Azaceta

I started reading Outcast in 2016 but was losing interest in it and wandered away after reading Vol. 6 in 2018. But my local library has just added the last two volumes so I'm here to see how it concluded.

My strongest memory of this series is that exorcisms are performed by beating the crap out of the possessed people. In recent issues, some people now can zap out demons with power jolts from their hands, and they've holed up in a compound while government authorities and the demonically possessed close in.

The book starts off with a fairly unnecessary flashback to the early life of the main hero's father before bringing us back to the siege. It's not much of a siege as demons infiltrate the compound with new possessions and other people wander in and out, but it's the only siege we've got, so we're sticking with it.

Thankfully, the next volume should put an end to this floundering series, and I have it on hand from the library for tomorrow's walk.… (more)