Krampus: The Yule Lord

Santa Claus my dear old friend you are a thief a traitor a slanderer a murder a liar but worst of all you are a mockery of everything for which I stood. You have sung your last ho ho ho for I am coming to take your head. I am coming to take back what is mine to take back Yuletide... The author and artist of The Child Thief returns with a modern fabulist tale of Krampus the Lord of Yule and mortal enemy of Santa Claus. One Christmas Eve in a small hollow in Boone County West Virginia struggling songwriter Jesse Walker witnesses a strange spectacle: seven devilish figures chasing a man in a red suit toward a sleigh and eight reindeer. When the reindeer leap skyward taking the sleigh devil men and Santa into the clouds screams follow. Moments later a large sack plummets earthward a magical sack that will thrust the down-on-his luck singer into the clutches of the terrifying Yule Lord Krampus. But the lines between good and evil become blurred as Jesses new master reveals many dark secrets about the cherry-cheeked Santa Claus and how half a millennium ago the jolly old saint imprisoned Krampus and usurped his magic. Now Santas time is running short for the Yule Lord is determined to have his retribution and reclaim Yuletide. If Jesse can survive this ancient feud he might have the chance to redeem himself to his family to save his own broken dreams...and help bring the magic of Yule to the impoverished folk of Boone County.