
He has most infamously appeared as the Lord of Evil (Hunson Abadeer, father of Marceline the Vampire Queen) on the Cartoon Network series ADVENTURE TIME. As a satirist, Olson has inflicted numerous comedy series on the populace via HBO, CBS, Showtime, Comedy Central, Disney, and FX. Martin Olson's savage wit provides the firepower for a preposterous literary feat unaccomplished since Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce passed-channeling the real voice of Satan. Behold it all in Encyclopaedia of Hell II, a disgraceful tour de force of literary Blasphemy! Pickled with paradoxy, puzzles and paranoia, herein lie terrible cosmic secrets stolen from God's Library, including the mystery of why God created Satan, never mind mosquitoes, cellulite and murder hornets. But when the Armies of Hell arrive to find Lord Satan and conquer Heaven, instead they find a disturbing secret at the core of Creation too shocking for even a demon to stomach. Now Lord Satan must face Oblivion when he enters Heaven's labyrinthine Library, from which there is no escape. And a hypnotic, ghostly nun named Debbie seduces the naïve King of Hate into taking a wrong turn. However, hellish complications quickly arise: exposed to the rays of the Celestial Sun, Satan's horns and claws become brittle and his undercarriage breaks out in a rash. There Satan will depose God and take his rightful place as Emperor of Existence. Oh and I did guess the ending, well before half way… but it didn’t spoil my enjoyment.Evil Readers, as ye partake of Encyclopaedia of Hell, rejoice! The hateful sequel written by Satan has arrived! After Hell's army conquers Insignificant Earth and devours the human race in a celebratory feast, Lord Satan reveals that he will now journey deep into the universe to find the throne of the despised Creator. Me, well I binge read its 461 pages all the way through until I finished, admiring and enjoying the extraordinary conceptual view of Mr Dan Brown along the way.

You cannot help wondering however, will truth reign as heaven and hell come together or if religion will depart leaving ‘sweet science’ to reign after all? Well you will just have to read it for yourself to find out.

As always, all art, architecture, locations, science and religious organisations in Dan Brown novels are real. Origin is a page turner par excellence, that keeps you engrossed in its storyline and eager to discover if hope and freedom will remain symbolic of a future filled with faith and promise for everyone. How high does this conspiracy go… is the royal family involved, or is it an agent of the Catholic Church who is hunting them both down as on their perilous quest as they crisscross the countryside, coming face to face with those trying to stop them sending Kirsch’s shocking discovery online by using his cutting-edge technology. Is the spiritual world far more important than the material world, and the true artist a prophet because he or she is given divine insight? So many questions need answers, and as they unravel them one by one the plot only thickens, to the point Robert Langdon can feel only despair as on the spiral staircase in the Sagrada Familia designed by Gaudi he faces death head on.

Spiral Staircase inside Sagrada Familia by Antonin Gaudi, Barcelona
