Hellblazer

In THE FEAR MACHINE, John Constantine looks for a way to reconnect to humanity -- but how can such a man ever find inner peace? Constantine finds himself encamped with a new-age pagan group that's tapping into their own psychic abilities -- but a defense contractor is out to exploit their powers. Is the company's aim just political, or is it something much more sinister?

After battling demions, elementals, and serial killers, John Constantine is betrayed by his own body. Years of chain smoking have led to lung cancer, and the Ruler of Hell has special plans for the soul of John Constantine.

"In this new Hellblazer collection, John Constantine, while scouting for blackmail victims at an orgy, John finds himself accidentally summoning up sinister beings known as the Mendw, with terrible consequences for an anorexic girl and her abusive father. Plus, cattle mutiliations in Yorkshire hold no interest for Constantine until a nosy tabloid reporter chases him out of London. Once in the country, John discovers that one of the villagers is transforming...

"A bloodthirsty, psychic serial killer threatens a family John Constantine can't remember. A scissors-wielding child stalks him for murderous, unknown reasons. The chain-smoking master of the occult, has been stripped of his memories and powers. Now, he's lost in a nightmare world he cannot hope to understand. It is the moment of revenge his enemies have been waiting for. When the helpless necromancer is brought before the most savage demons of the...

"To restore his mind and save his life, John Constantine was forced to give a day of his life to a she-demon named Rosacarnis. It was a bad bargain, and one that he knew he'd regret--but he had no idea how quickly everything would go straight to hell in its aftermath. Over the course of that single day, England's savviest street sorcerer lived several lifetimes--and sired three infernal offspring, whose incandescent hatred of him was carefully nurtured...

"When John Constantine is run over by a truck, it takes a little while for Englands nicotine-fueled magus to realize that hes perched between life and death. After a few weeks of hospital rehab, Constantine finds the London streets very different from when he left them behind as a series of occult murders and mutilations demands his attention. The common denominator points back to the ER where Constantine was admitted."--Amazon.com.