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Hidden Evil
After a drug-addled teenager turns the annual Battle of Flowers Parade into a bloodbath, Majorette Cindi Neff - photographed blood covered and screaming beside the body of a dead classmate - becomes the media symbol of the tragedy, and the object of cultleader Juan Otero’s obsession.Soon after his burial, the gravesite of Cindi’s dead classmate is violated and Deputy Sheriff Nancy Neff, an expert in Afro-Caribbean religions, is called to the scene. Minister Luke Oeding, a representative for the bereaved family, joins Nancy in the investigation into this unimaginable crime.In a deadly chess match of good versus evil, they plunge into the world of the South Texas drug cult and come face to face with Palo Mayombe, the darkest of the hidden religions. When Cindi Neff is kidnapped, Nancy and Luke race to save her from the clutches of the malevolent cult before she is sacrificed in an Easter Sunday Palo Mayombe ritual.
402 pages, Paperback
First published October 7, 2011
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March 31, 2012
This story is an eye opening and deeply disturbing look into the evil world of drugs and the occult. It begins at the Battle of Flowers Parade when a drug crazed teen wielding a gun carries out a massacre. Cindi Neff is protected by a classmate who dies and after he is buried his gravesite is desecrated. Her mother, Deputy Sheriff Nancy Neff, is subsequently put in charge of the investigation due to her expertise in Afro-Caribbean religions.
The storyline is mesmerizing and the characters are extremely well developed and complex. Each character plays a deeply intricate part in this story as they bring you to the depths of evil and despair. It is very apparent that a tremendous amount of research went into the understanding of the Palo Mayombe and Santeria religions, religious traditions of African origin developed in Cuba and spread throughout Latin America and the United States. The religious aspects coupled with the extraordinary characters and plot twists will pull you into the story and hold you hostage.
Bob Stewart is a masterful storyteller as he pulls you into the deeply ominous depths of drugs and the occult to plunge you in the classic battle between good and evil. I recommend this book to all readers who love mystery/suspense and drama that will hold you spellbound until the end.
The storyline is mesmerizing and the characters are extremely well developed and complex. Each character plays a deeply intricate part in this story as they bring you to the depths of evil and despair. It is very apparent that a tremendous amount of research went into the understanding of the Palo Mayombe and Santeria religions, religious traditions of African origin developed in Cuba and spread throughout Latin America and the United States. The religious aspects coupled with the extraordinary characters and plot twists will pull you into the story and hold you hostage.
Bob Stewart is a masterful storyteller as he pulls you into the deeply ominous depths of drugs and the occult to plunge you in the classic battle between good and evil. I recommend this book to all readers who love mystery/suspense and drama that will hold you spellbound until the end.
October 13, 2011
Chilling thrill ride through the dark side of humanity. Its a story that will linger long after you have finished and I highly recommend this book to all thriller lovers!
October 10, 2011
Bob Stewart's new novel, HIDDEN EVIL, is ripped directly from today's headlines about drug smuggling on the Texas border. This puts a face to the horrors that we seem to see daily on the evening news. Deeply-disturbed characters, facing what they see as a black future, turn to drugs and the occult and what follows…human sacrifice. It's a tale that begins with a Columbine-style massacre and ends on Easter Sunday in a classic battle between good and evil. I don't read vampire or werewolf novels simply because I don't believe they exist and it's a bit difficult to conjure up any kind of delicious fear by pretend monsters, but these folks are real and quite possibly living on my block… so, yeah… it pushed my fear button. After I read it, I slept with the nightlight on for a week. Get this book. It's truly scary and it's damned fine writing and story-telling."
October 10, 2011
Bob Stewart's new novel, HIDDEN EVIL, is ripped directly from today's headlines about drug smuggling on the Texas border. This puts a face to the horrors that we seem to see daily on the evening news. Deeply-disturbed characters, facing what they see as a black future, turn to drugs and the occult and what follows…human sacrifice. It's a tale that begins with a Columbine-style massacre and ends on Easter Sunday in a classic battle between good and evil. I don't read vampire or werewolf novels simply because I don't believe they exist and it's a bit difficult to conjure up any kind of delicious fear by pretend monsters, but these folks are real and quite possibly living on my block… so, yeah… it pushed my fear button. After I read it, I slept with the nightlight on for a week. Get this book. It's truly scary and it's damned fine writing and story-telling.
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