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Spooky Spirits
The awakening rage started forty years ago with the brutal death of a teenage girl. It might have been an accident, but then again, it might have been fueled by rage. Now, a whole flock of sheep have been mysteriously torn to pieces and strange ghostly happenings are on the increase in the sleepy seaside town of Astoria, Oregon.
Seventeen-year-old Danielle Knowles soon finds herself right in the middle of battle that spans not only decades, but other dimensions, as well. This battle has already been ordained through time and space to take place on the shores of Astoria’s loneliest, most windswept beach. It’s sure to end in a violent struggle not only for the fate of our world, but the fate of our entire universe.
Danielle wants no part of it, but she might not have a choice. While out celebrating her birthday, Danielle’s once perfect boyfriend suddenly becomes distant and violent. And to make matters worse, she starts seeing and hearing ghostly apparitions all over town.
However, as one part of her life falls apart, Danielle finds herself being offered an extremely well-paid job at a beach café and with a boss she hardly sees or knows. She also forms a unique friendship with her most regular customer, an intriguing dark-haired boy she knows as Phaedra. He’s a bit weird though. He doesn’t speak a word of English and flees every time her boss shows up.
Danielle is slowly losing her mind. With more ghostly happenings and violent incidents occurring every day, Danielle soon starts to realise that all of these various elements are connected. A dark, angry spirit is bubbling beneath the surface of Astoria and the awakening rage could threaten the fate of the entire universe.
Seventeen-year-old Danielle Knowles soon finds herself right in the middle of battle that spans not only decades, but other dimensions, as well. This battle has already been ordained through time and space to take place on the shores of Astoria’s loneliest, most windswept beach. It’s sure to end in a violent struggle not only for the fate of our world, but the fate of our entire universe.
Danielle wants no part of it, but she might not have a choice. While out celebrating her birthday, Danielle’s once perfect boyfriend suddenly becomes distant and violent. And to make matters worse, she starts seeing and hearing ghostly apparitions all over town.
However, as one part of her life falls apart, Danielle finds herself being offered an extremely well-paid job at a beach café and with a boss she hardly sees or knows. She also forms a unique friendship with her most regular customer, an intriguing dark-haired boy she knows as Phaedra. He’s a bit weird though. He doesn’t speak a word of English and flees every time her boss shows up.
Danielle is slowly losing her mind. With more ghostly happenings and violent incidents occurring every day, Danielle soon starts to realise that all of these various elements are connected. A dark, angry spirit is bubbling beneath the surface of Astoria and the awakening rage could threaten the fate of the entire universe.
- GenresParanormalGhosts
209 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2013
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About the author
John Stone
118 books7 followersLibrarian Note: There are more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
John Stone is a dark fantasy writer and author of The Eye of the Dragon.
He is also a huge fantasy nerd and RPG gamer.
He enjoys reading books that are medieval fantasy based. It thrills and delights him when they are dark themed and quite gory too.
Despite John’s dyslexia, this has not stopped him from writing his stories and with a little help from proof-readers and editors, he remains confident that his story will be enjoyed by all.
John Stone is a dark fantasy writer and author of The Eye of the Dragon.
He is also a huge fantasy nerd and RPG gamer.
He enjoys reading books that are medieval fantasy based. It thrills and delights him when they are dark themed and quite gory too.
Despite John’s dyslexia, this has not stopped him from writing his stories and with a little help from proof-readers and editors, he remains confident that his story will be enjoyed by all.
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October 28, 2024
Interesting and dark book
This was a very interesting book with an interesting storyline. Very Stephen King like in story and story telling. A lot of spooky and deranged things that happen to this town as well as its people.
This was a very interesting book with an interesting storyline. Very Stephen King like in story and story telling. A lot of spooky and deranged things that happen to this town as well as its people.
August 10, 2016
Part alien takeover, part ghost story, and part teen romance, Ghosts of the North Shore is a strange mash up of genres that somehow manage to work.
Odd things are happening in the small beach town of Hal’s Cove—sheep are being slaughtered, people are going missing, cell phones calls are dangerous, and only Jeannie Rowland and her best friend Dex seem to notice that something is amiss.
“Ghosts of the North Shore” is funny and inventive and I couldn’t help but read it in one sitting. The characters are great (even the alien characters are good) and the book is plotted in a way that keeps you guessing but doesn’t frustrate you by dragging things out for too long.
This is a fun read, and fans of ghost stories, aliens, or the supernatural should all find something to enjoy in this book.
Odd things are happening in the small beach town of Hal’s Cove—sheep are being slaughtered, people are going missing, cell phones calls are dangerous, and only Jeannie Rowland and her best friend Dex seem to notice that something is amiss.
“Ghosts of the North Shore” is funny and inventive and I couldn’t help but read it in one sitting. The characters are great (even the alien characters are good) and the book is plotted in a way that keeps you guessing but doesn’t frustrate you by dragging things out for too long.
This is a fun read, and fans of ghost stories, aliens, or the supernatural should all find something to enjoy in this book.
January 26, 2016
Magical in a way.
This was not what I thought it was going to be and I throughly enjoyed it. Not your typical ghost book but an interesting story that takes place in Astoria,OR. While reading this I kept thinking of The Goonies.
This was not what I thought it was going to be and I throughly enjoyed it. Not your typical ghost book but an interesting story that takes place in Astoria,OR. While reading this I kept thinking of The Goonies.
August 10, 2016
I pretty good story it threw me for a loop though, it was so not what I expected and I think that's why I enjoyed it. Give it a shot !
July 25, 2014
Undercurrent of tension and anxiety that builds to a good, unexpected ending.
January 16, 2015
I like it ok, not my normal genera, but I read it for a contest and enjoyed it more then I expected
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