The Manly Daily - "The Devil Becomes Him"
October 1, 2005

Saturday 4 Nov 06

Dear Cam,

Read your book of the above title. A most interesting read. Although not a catholic I have often wondered what the 3 prophesies were until I read your book. Many years ago I read an article about the vision of Mother Mary given to the 3 cousins but didnt quite understand or comprehend what is was all about. Thanks for the enlightment. Gave the book to my daughter to read and she didnt come out of her bedroom for 2 days until she finished the book. What is the title of your next book and when would it be out? Keep up the good work.
Ivy Farkash 

"Dear Mr Lavac,

Thank you for a most enthralling book. Both my husband, Manfred and I found it riveting reading. Manfred in fact read it in only 2 days, reading until 3am. We were both fascinated by the mixing of factual information, which obviously took a great deal of research, with great plots and intrigue. A fabulous book! Thank you and we will be keeping an eye out for the release of your next book."
Manfred and Roberta Kunkel

I was hooked from the very first page. I could not put it down. A real page turner till the very end."
Jenny Swan - ABC Radio, Regional Queensland

"After reading the first page, it's just too difficult to put down."

"I was reading another book, but I stopped after starting Satan's Church."

"Cam Lavac will be gathering fans for many years to come."

"Before you wrote Satan's Church, did you ever envisage becoming another Tom Clancy, or Robert Ludlum? Well let me tell you, you're already there."

"Satan's Church is just a damned good book."
George Gibson - 2UE

"When I was first given your book, Satan's Church, my first reaction was, here's another take-off of The DaVinci Codes. I could not have been more wrong. Satan's Church is entirely different, but in my opinion, a better and more plausible read. This will not only become an Australian best-seller, but will surely make it on to the New York Times list. It has blockbuster written all over it."
Mark Hogan - 4Gy, Gympie

"I finished Satan's Church last night. What a rollicking read! It's full of twists and turns and people not being what you think they are. I don't know how you managed to keep control of it all, as it's very complex, and really clever. You must have done a lot of research, and it shows. I feel like I've received an education in the behind the scenes Vatican action, something I knew very little about before."
Sue Joseph

"Just to let you know that I found your book, Satan's Church a great read! If your intention was to keep me in suspense until the end you certainly achieved that. I'm flying to London this afternoon and was going to read it on the plane, but I couldn't put it down and will have to buy something else at the airport.
Bernie Egan, Sydney

"Dear Mr Lavac

Catherine Abel here. Just emailing to say congratulations on an incredible book! I must confess that I began the book hesitantly for several reasons. Firstly, coming from a (re)strict(ed) Roman Catholic upbringing, I have very little desire to voluntarily read anything about the church-fact or fiction. Secondly, after the first 50 pages of the Da Vinci Code I was bored as batshit and angry at being coerced by society into reading such a thing and in disgust, left the book unfinished in a hotel room in Brooklyn. And lastly the title 'Satan's Church' and the photo on the front left me feeling a little uneasy....For what reason, I'm not sure. But then, and again for what reason I'm not sure, I decided to give it a go. And go I did! Quickly, from cover to cover! Impressed by your clarity of story telling, the way you built your characters and the steady intensification that lead to the crucial revealing of the document's message. There's only one other book that has had the ability to literally give me goosebumps on my neck at the ending and that was Patrick Suskind's 'Perfume'. The impact of your final pages was stunning!

One last acknowledgement, and this is from one artist to another - as a painter I pride myself on having a certain amount of imagination i.e. the ability to imagine visually things that I haven't seen before. Yet there are so many books I've read where even I can't grasp a clear visual of simple facts like faces, places and colours etc....Not yours. Each scene, each character was so succinctly described that I watched it like a movie as I read each line. I saw the expressions and the emotions. I smelt the dank earth and heard the sound of the heavy lid stone scraping. I saw the sweaty handprint left on the phone of Archbishop Voitra and later the slow thwack of dripping blood onto the floor.... Beautiful!

I hope one day to see it on the big screen. There's no doubt in my mind that it would be an incredible success.

You should be very proud of yourself. Satan's Church is an incredible endeavour. 

Thank you for the wonderful experience of your story telling."
Catherine Abel
Archibald Prize Finalist 2006 

Cam Lavac appeared on the following radio programs and talked about the release of Satan's Church:

Eagle FM with Blair Woodcock (Goulburn, NSW)
2GZ with Greg Allen (Orange, NSW)
ABC Regional Radio with Jenny Swan (QLD)
2TM with Gary Coxhead (Tamworth, NSW)
2PK with Trevor Young (Parkes, ACT)
2MC Star FM with Mark Strachan (Port Macquarie, NSW)
ABC Sunshine Coast FM with Cam Young (QLD)
2UE with George Gibson (Sydney, NSW)
5SE with Ewan Grant (Mt Gambier, SA)
2RE with Barry Hill (Taree, NSW)
4GY with Mark Hogan (Gympie, NSW)