Jaldaboath; Encounter with a Lessor God immerses the reader in a dark world gnostic doctrine and ritual, necromancy and human last and greed. The boundaries separating a Catholic cemetery from St. Barbara's College fade into darkness as the evil conjured from a grave threaten the lives of the young loomed at the college. There is little to combat the voracious and primordial being let loose to execute the evil of a sinister Romanian family. Only Monsignor Gabriel Riri, a priest in charge of the Office Consecrated Sites in the Vatican, has the knowledge to understand the true meaning of "antagonism to God". Dr. Pallante earned four degrees, taught at every education level from Elementary to Graduate School, served as the University Vice President Dean and full professor. His first novel was Days of Joy and The Story of the Red Suit. He is currently writing a cookbook, Beyond Seven Fishes. He is an excellentamateur chef, dedicated golfer and accomplished skier. He has four children, twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He lives in rural Pennsylvania. This is his second novel.