New Book Trailer for Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith

Seth Grahame-Smith has been in the news a lot lately, what with two movies coming out for which he wrote the screenplays — Dark Shadows and an adaptation of his own novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter — and he has a new book, a biblical thriller, being published in April, Unholy Night. The publisher, Hachette Book Group, has now uploaded a trailer, which we've embedded below. Word of caution: it's not for the faint of heart.

They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth. But what do we really know about the Three Kings of the Nativity, besides the fact that they followed a star to Bethlehem bearing strange gifts? The Bible has little to say about this enigmatic trio.

In this new telling of the story, the so-called "Three Wise Men" are infamous thieves, led by the dark, murderous Balthazar. After a daring escape from Herod's prison, they stumble upon the famous manger and its newborn king. The last thing Balthazar needs is to be slowed down by young Joseph, Mary and their infant. But when Herod's men begin to slaughter the first born in Judea, he has no choice but to help them escape to Egypt.

It's the beginning of an adventure that will see them fight the last magical creatures of the Old Testament; cross paths with biblical figures like Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist; and finally deliver them to Egypt. It may just be the greatest story never told.