The Spectrum Trilogy: The Collector's Edition

by Crystal Connor

Technologies beyond imagining, the obtainment of forbidden knowledge and vast power beyond belief, The Spectrum Trilogy is written on the foundation of horror, supported by pillars of science fiction, and bound together with the chains of dark fantasy. Within the shadows of darkness two women clash in a vicious battle that has been fought since the days of King Solomon - the fight over a child. One woman unleashes the nightmarish arsenal of modern science while the other dispatches the weaponries of witchcraft. The rope in this deadly game of tug-of-war is Adam. In the grips of one woman Adam inherits the genes of genetic engineering; and in the of the other Adam learns to use his gift through a craft that has been passed down from mother to daughter for eons. But as The Child grows up, his love for one and resentment for the other will change the fate of both these women, forever.

802 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2013

About the author

I grew up telling spooky little campfire style stories at slumber parties. We’d make a tent in the bedroom, and the only source of light would be from a flashlight that was about to die. I’d tell my tale of doom and then while everyone was jumping at the tree branch scraping against the window and I’d be sound asleep!

I served my country in the United States Navy working as a boiler technician on board the USS McKee AS-41 assigned to the 7th fleet.

While deployed at various ports-of-call throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East I began to learn about other cultures’ monsters and nightmares and I use my world travels and experiences take you to some of the exotic places that I’ve been but have altered and embellished with my twisted view of how a story should end…while at the same time taking you on a journey you might not otherwise be able to afford or brave enough to undertake.

The Darkness, is my first full-length novel, is published by Bennett and Hastings. My current projects, “…And They All Lived Happily Ever After” and “Artificial Light,” the sequel to The Darkness will be released in 2011. My short story “The Ruins” was the runner-up selection of Crypticon Seattle’s 2010 writing contest, and accepted for publication for The Static Movement Anthology "Sowing the Seeds of Horror.” My short story “The Monster” will be featured in the anthology “Strange Tales of Horror” published by NorGus Press.