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No child will rest in peace.
When Matthew Dempster returns to England on furlough with his Malaysian bride, rest and relaxation elude them.
Troubling incidents and whispered rumours of a supernatural evil in Kampung Damai seem to have followed.
Women miscarry and waste away. Adults are fatally savaged and children devoured. Stories circulate of an escaped big cat or exotic pet, attacking from tunnels beneath the ancient streets of Nottingham.
The truth steals courage from the stoutest heart and threatens the sanity of any who face it.
A kaleidoscope of individuals, each with a fragment of the puzzle, cross paths during their personal search for answers.
Will anyone uncover the beast?
How do you defeat a creature whose existence defies all natural laws?
When Matthew Dempster returns to England on furlough with his Malaysian bride, rest and relaxation elude them.
Troubling incidents and whispered rumours of a supernatural evil in Kampung Damai seem to have followed.
Women miscarry and waste away. Adults are fatally savaged and children devoured. Stories circulate of an escaped big cat or exotic pet, attacking from tunnels beneath the ancient streets of Nottingham.
The truth steals courage from the stoutest heart and threatens the sanity of any who face it.
A kaleidoscope of individuals, each with a fragment of the puzzle, cross paths during their personal search for answers.
Will anyone uncover the beast?
How do you defeat a creature whose existence defies all natural laws?
362 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2023
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About the author
Devon De'Ath
12 books42 followersDevon De’Ath was born in the county of Kent, ‘The Garden of England.’ Raised a Roman Catholic in a small, ancient country market community famously documented as ‘the most haunted TOWN in England,’ he grew up in an atmosphere replete with spiritual, psychic, and supernatural energy. Hauntings were commonplace and you couldn’t swing a cat without hitting three spectres, to the extent that he never needed question the validity of such manifestations. As to the explanations behind them?
At the age of twenty, his earnest search for spiritual truth led the young man to leave Catholicism and become heavily involved in Charismatic Evangelicalism. After serving as a part-time youth pastor while working in the corporate world, he eventually took voluntary redundancy to study at a Bible College in the USA. Missions in the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa followed, but a growing dissatisfaction with aspects of the theology and ministerial abuse by church leadership eventually caused him to break with organised religion and pursue a Post-Evangelical existence. One open to all manner of spiritual and human experiences his ‘holy’ life would never have allowed.
After church life, De’Ath served fifteen years with the police, lectured at colleges and universities, and acted as a consultant to public safety agencies both foreign and domestic.
A writer since he first learned the alphabet, Devon De’Ath has authored works in many genres under various names, from Children’s literature to self-help books, through screenplays for video production and all manner of articles.
At the age of twenty, his earnest search for spiritual truth led the young man to leave Catholicism and become heavily involved in Charismatic Evangelicalism. After serving as a part-time youth pastor while working in the corporate world, he eventually took voluntary redundancy to study at a Bible College in the USA. Missions in the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa followed, but a growing dissatisfaction with aspects of the theology and ministerial abuse by church leadership eventually caused him to break with organised religion and pursue a Post-Evangelical existence. One open to all manner of spiritual and human experiences his ‘holy’ life would never have allowed.
After church life, De’Ath served fifteen years with the police, lectured at colleges and universities, and acted as a consultant to public safety agencies both foreign and domestic.
A writer since he first learned the alphabet, Devon De’Ath has authored works in many genres under various names, from Children’s literature to self-help books, through screenplays for video production and all manner of articles.
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October 15, 2020
This is a fabulous read. My husband and I read Caveat Emptor just prior and loved every hair-raising word of it.
This book is an amazing treat. It is horrific and awe-inspiring at the same time. I love how the author repulses and embraces a plethora of religions and makes the story work to heights of horror and is filled with tragic emotional empathy.
A word to the wise, if your are pregnant or having difficulty carrying to term, you might want to pass on this book. It is graphic and not for the faint of heart nor for the hormonally charged.
But if you want a really great mythical read, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better story. Buckle up and keep a light burning into the wee hours.
This book is an amazing treat. It is horrific and awe-inspiring at the same time. I love how the author repulses and embraces a plethora of religions and makes the story work to heights of horror and is filled with tragic emotional empathy.
A word to the wise, if your are pregnant or having difficulty carrying to term, you might want to pass on this book. It is graphic and not for the faint of heart nor for the hormonally charged.
But if you want a really great mythical read, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better story. Buckle up and keep a light burning into the wee hours.
February 8, 2024
A fun little horror that I cam across while on Bargin Booksy, It deals with an aisan vampire that has been set lose in Nottinham England,
I was somewhat awere of this type of vampire from a movie i saw a review of a few years back. The vampire is said to pray upon childen, and pregnent women. Lots of fun, but if you find viloance against childen hard to read about, you may want to think twice before reading it.
I was somewhat awere of this type of vampire from a movie i saw a review of a few years back. The vampire is said to pray upon childen, and pregnent women. Lots of fun, but if you find viloance against childen hard to read about, you may want to think twice before reading it.
May 12, 2021
Very creepy bringing various concepts together in ways never before experienced by myself. It completely captivated my senses and terrified me in ways I have not encountered in a long time.
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May 13, 2021Excellent Read
This book was excellently written and encompassed a realm of the unbelievable and the faith in God won in the end!!! GREAT JOB.
This book was excellently written and encompassed a realm of the unbelievable and the faith in God won in the end!!! GREAT JOB.
May 22, 2021
This is my first time reading this author and it definitely will not be the last! Immensely enjoyed this gory tale! Keep them coming!
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