The Virgin of Lontano — Helen Tucker

WOMB OF TERROR

Marisa was hauntingly lovely. Marisa was utterly honest. Marisa swore she was a virgin. Yet Marisa was going to have a baby.

To the primitive Italian village, where Marisa was chosen to play the part of the Holy Virgin in the Good Friday procession, came an American newspaperman, a famous Swiss doctor, a sophisticated young Roman lawyer, and a dedicated priest. Each in his own way loved Marisa and would try to protect her from the growing hostility of the superstitious townspeople. Each would try to discover the truth about the baby growing in her womb -- be it child of man, God, or Satan. But none could know what terror was waiting as the moment of fearful birth drew near...