Dean Corso was a man who lived in the dust of centuries, a "book detective" with a soul as dry as the parchment he appraised. His reputation was built on a cold, clinical indifference to the stories within the pages; to him, books were merely objects of transactional value.
Balkan’s obsession was precise: he believed only one of the three copies was authentic. He hired Corso to travel to Europe, track down the other two, and compare them—no matter the cost. La nona porta [HD] (1999) Bluray 1080p
That changed when he was summoned to the dark, cavernous library of Boris Balkan, a wealthy and obsessive collector of demonology. Balkan possessed a copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows , a 17th-century manual purportedly co-authored by the Devil himself. Legend claimed that only three copies survived the Inquisition's fires, and that together, they held the key to summoning the Prince of Darkness. Dean Corso was a man who lived in