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... assignment to a small country town in Australia. Spiritual warfare will be battled out between good and evil. Snakelex must use every dirty trick in the book to cause chaos in the community and sway those from attending the only church in town. The elite at Hell's head office take an interest in Snakelex and aid him to learn the truth about their enemy and Hell's best kep...

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...akelex Report What Hell’s elite don’t want you to know. Christine Jones 1 The Snakelex Report What Hell’s elite don’t want you to know. www.cjbooks.n... ...ooks.net Copyright © 2007 by Christine Jones. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,... ...ormation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places ... ...m, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product... ...pread quickly out to what some of the church members would call the pagan society, the whisky-drinking landlords of corruption, and as Norma Mack fr... ...of what he considered ‘evil. “Seek out and convert the big bad sinners of society.” Unbeknown to Morris, a group of little imps had gathered on and ... ... to these women was to form a group, which would bring women together in fellowship. Within a few days, Mrs. Carter was standing in front of several... ...ucted herself as a minister’s wife, but as an investigator on behalf of a royal commission. The house, empty of furnishings, brought fond memories fo... ...the elderly Jim Spikes accepted the position, assuming he had voted for a fellowship lunch on the coming Sunday. All the while, no one took any notic...