On the surface, things seem quiet and serene in the picturesque coastal village of Kilmarnock, Virginia. But something unseen roams its lush forests as the past and present collide and the unthinkable begins to wreak its vengeance. Young Lucy Bonner is executed for witchcraft in the town’s distant and brutal past. Her death triggers an unholy chain of events which grasp at the restless heart of novelist Peter Mc Quade, spurring him towards a quest to uncover the dark and terrifying truth.
Table of Content
Ch. 1 The Writer ……………………………………………………………… 1
Ch. 2 Lucy Bonner ………………………………………………………….. 9
Ch. 3 Annie Davenport ………………………………………………….. 17
Ch. 4 Reverend Elstrott ………………………………………………… 25
Ch. 5 The Dinner ………………………………………………………….. 33
Ch. 6 The Three ……………………………………………………………. 39
Ch. 7 The White Marsh Church……………………………………. 45
Ch. 8 Aunt Isabella …………………………………………………………. 51
Ch. 9 New Orleans ………………………………………………………… 56
Ch. 10 Terrorized Terrain ………………………………………………. 65
Ch. 11 Isabella Marcel ……………………………………………………… 71
Ch. 12 The Lost Child …………………………………………………….. 77
Ch. 13 Closer …………………………………………………………………… 81
Ch. 14 Annie’s House ……………………………………………………… 85
Ch. 15 The Forest ……………………………………………………………. 91
Ch. 16 The Center of the Storm ……………………………………… 97
Ch. 17 Surrender …………………………………………………………… 103
Ch. 18 Journey into Darkness ……………………………………….. 107
Epilogue ………………………………………………………………. 113
About the author
Evelyn Klebert (1965 to present) is an author from the grand old city of New Orleans. She’s written seventeen acclaimed books: nine paranormal novels, six collections of supernatural short stories, and two esoteric poetry collections. She is an avid reader and student of esoteric studies intent on examining the ‘big questions’ in life as are her characters. Treading on Borrowed Time, one of her novels, is a love story set in New Orleans which explores the issue of past lives, karmic obligations, as well as other dimensional beings. One of her most recent short story collections, Travels into the Breach: Accounts of a Reclusive Mystic, follows the exploits of a supernatural detective who specializes in psychic attacks.