The day after his arrival in the small town of Porterville, Texas, Jack Nelson meets a stranger who claims that they've been friends for over a month. A waiter in the diner across the street from his motel recognizes Jack and tells him that he's been eating at her restaurant for two months.
When Jack discovers irrefutable evidence that the last several months of his life have been erased from his memory, he begins to suspect that he's a subject of a mind-manipulation experiment conducted by a secret organization.
Why did they choose him? What's the ultimate goal of the experiment? Are they going to dispose of him in the end?
His investigation into the dark secrets of Porterville is complicated by the disappearance of his friend Alice Briggs, who he believes invited him to Porterville. Jack soon realizes that he can trust no one. As he slips further into delusion, it's up to his wife to bring him back to sanity. To do this, she'll have to confront a powerful evil entity thriving on death and human suffering.
A motel where you can check in, but you can't check out. Demonic spells, lost soul, and a metaphisto plot drag what might have been an interesting short story out to an interminable novel.
The only spellbinding thing about this book is how in the world it got published. I think the author was in my high school creative writing class. As I recall, he got a C.
This has the stupidest ending I've ever read. It was as if the author got himself into a story he couldn't get out of so he had his 8 year old child write an ending. Other reviewers said this book was boring and they couldn't finish it. Actually, they were the lucky ones. I didn't find it boring at all, I kept reading. I kept wondering how they would get out of the trouble they were in in the few remaining pages. I was disappointed.