When Evil Stops Hiding

There are books that inform, books that disturb, and then there are books that expose.

When Evil Stops Hiding does all three — and does so with the precision of an investigator and the conviction of a preacher.

In this harrowing yet deeply spiritual exposé, author Martin Mawyer, founder and president of Christian Action Network, pulls back the curtain on a world most Americans would rather pretend doesn’t exist.

It’s a world of online cults, digital sadism, and ritualized evil—groups like 764, The Com, and the Order of Nine Angles—operating in the shadows of social media platforms that millions of children use every day.

What separates Mawyer’s work from sensational true-crime retellings is the moral clarity that underpins every page.

His investigation is meticulous and documented—built from court records, federal affidavits, and evidence from law enforcement officials. But the heart of the book is theological: evil is no longer hiding, he argues, because it no longer needs to.

“The devil doesn’t wear horns,” Mawyer writes. “He wears a suit. A robe. A badge. Sometimes… all three.”

From the Texas teenager who built a cult of online predators, to the FBI informant who doubled as a Satanist publisher, When Evil Stops Hiding reads like a thriller—but every name, every crime, and every quote is real.

Each chapter draws a straight, chilling line from dark-web depravity to the erosion of public morality and, ultimately, to prophecy itself.

The book’s most shocking revelation is not the existence of these groups—it’s the complicity that allows them to thrive. Tech platforms host them. Bureaucracies ignore them. And churches, too often, remain silent.

Mawyer’s central warning is simple yet urgent: lawlessness has gone digital, and if the Church does not act, evil will define the algorithm.

Far from fearmongering, the book calls for courage. It ends not in despair but in defiance—reminding readers that the restraining power of God still holds back the flood, and that the faithful must expose what others won’t.

“A MUST READ! to understand the evil behind groups like 764, O9A, THE COM. Every parent or grandparent NEEDS this book. Martin makes you feel/sense the evil that is grooming youth online. Every youth minister MUST read. It provides sources for information and how to discover beginnings of problems. Published this month, Sept 2025. Actual events are recent. Factual reports from courts and police files. I have bought many copies.”

— Steven R. Becker, verified purchaser and Amazon reviewer

Whether you are a believer seeking to understand spiritual warfare in the digital age or a skeptic trying to make sense of the headlines that no one wants to explain, When Evil Stops Hiding is a wake-up call. It is a book that refuses to whisper when the world is screaming.

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