One of my favorite authors has another book scheduled for release next month. Destined for Darkness is sure to be a wicked read. Check out the awesome cover and let's all hold our breath in anticipation for this new horror story by Lucian Barnes.
Destined for Darkness
by Lucian Barnes
by Lucian Barnes
Frank
Mancini had suffered with his abusive mother for many years, until
the day that he snapped. After telling his friend, Johnny, about the
incident, his friend encouraged him to leave Misty Hollows. Taking
his advice, Frank journeyed across the country to California hoping
for a fresh start.
Shortly
after his arrival, he met a beautiful woman. He was determined to
hide his dark past from her, especially after finding out that she
was a psychic, able to see both the past and the future of anyone she
came into contact with. He managed to hide his secrets from her until
several years after they'd gotten married and started a family.
Fearing that she would turn him in to the police, he killed her. Not
realizing that his son, George, witnessed this act, Frank decided to
take him back to Misty Hollows.
How would
the memory of his mother's death effect young George? Would he follow
in his father's footsteps? Journey through the years, from infancy to
adulthood, with George to see if he can resist the inner darkness!
Excerpt
"Where
exactly is ..." Frank's question trailed off unfinished as he
noticed the small stone structure. The man was standing by a
sturdy-looking wooden door. As Frank approached, he could see an
intricate carving—which almost seemed to be burned into the
wood—depicting a strange symbol he'd never seen. It was a
five-pointed star with the image of what appeared to be the head of a
goat inside. Two circles surrounded this odd emblem, one touching the
points of the star, the other was larger. There were more markings
between the two circles, each one near a point of the star.
The
man pulled the heavy door open and beckoned Frank to come inside. The
interior of the building was dimly lit by two iron candelabras
hanging from the vaulted ceiling by long chains, giving the chamber
an ancient feel as if it belonged somewhere in the middle ages. When
the man closed the door to the outside it added to this effect.
"This
way, please," he said as he went to a nearly solid metal gate.
It creaked open and revealed a stone staircase leading into the
ground. Torches flickered at intervals along the way, casting their
shadows in a way that made them look like they belonged to something
inhuman.
Frank
wondered where he was being led. This didn't seem like a place
Candice was likely to hang out, and the further down the stairs he
went the more he had the urge to turn around and run. Their footfalls
continued to echo eerily in the passage until they finally reached a
large chamber at the bottom.
Torches
blazed all around the outer edge of the enormous room. Hanging on the
far wall was another rendition of the symbol from the door leading
outside, only this one was much bigger. So large, in fact, that it
took up almost the entire wall. In front of the huge tapestry bearing
this emblem was a bald man wearing a black robe, standing behind what
appeared to be some sort of church-like altar draped with a blood red
cloth.
As
the two of them crossed the chamber, the bald man regarded them with
furrowed brows. "Brother. Who is the outsider you have brought
here?" he asked in a booming voice.
"I
didn't catch his name, but I found him in the woods. He was asking
about your daughter."
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