Vade Retro Satana (VRS)

It’s never easy living up to your father’s expectations, but when your father is Satan, and he sees you as his ticket to world domination, it’s especially tough. Austan Paumgarten wrestles with normal fifteen-year-old issues like grades, girls and winning sports matches, along with some abnormal ones like what to do when his father possesses his roommate. Initially, Austan withdraws, believing himself to be a curse on others but is drawn out by three new friends; Imani Baptiste, a girl with a harrowing past who sees running fast as her only hope of going to college; Gabe Michaels, Austan’s roommate, a socially awkward guy who desperately hopes to find friendship and fit in at St. Ignatius, a competitive all-boys boarding school, and Fr. Bonaventure, a kindly old priest with a chilling connection to Austan’s family. When his father forces him to collect souls, Austan struggles with his demonic destiny as the devil’s son and his innate desire to help those he cares about. VADE RETRO SATANA, is the first in the VRS young adult series that explores the interplay between free will and fate and how good and bad are not qualities we are born with but choices we all must make. This is a thoughtful tale of real life teenagers struggling to find the good in themselves.

About the Author

Michele Suzanne graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied film production. She has written and produced video and television programs for a long list of corporate, public interest and government agencies. She currently works as a newspaper reporter, covering the arts, entertainment, and food. A mother of three, she lives outside of Washington, D.C. with her husband, Dominic whom she met when they were both students at NYU. He works as a professional director of photography. He put his talent to work in VRS by photographing and designing the book cover. When she's not writing or reading, you can find Michele working out at the gym or running the trails alongside the Potomac River. She runs past the famous "Exorcist stairs" in Georgetown regularly.

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