The Necromancers is more than that; there is a real Augustinian terror of the void ? in the absence of God comes real evil. In the book?s climax, Maggie?s love for Laurie, and a night of sincere prayer draw him back from the brink ? a brink that practical, clear-headed, convent-raised Maggie glimpses in the form of the dark, fiery ?personality? she confronts in the night. This ?personality? can be none other than the Devil himself.