In his latest book, Windswept House, a novel published by Doubleday and based upon thinly disguised facts known to Malachi Martin, he depicts satanic rituals being practiced by high-level Roman Catholic officials and even within the Vatican itself. When asked whether some of the events contained in the novel, including the very enthronement of Satan himself within the Church, reflected fact, Martin replied:
“Oh, yes, it is true; very much so. But the only way I could put that down into print is in novelistic form.”