GATEWAY TO THE ASTRAL PLANE A Black Magic Adventure Thriller When a cursed dagger awakens something ancient and unspeakable, four allies are thrown into a supernatural battle that spans both the physical and astral worlds. Sebastian Sinclair, Cassia Thorne, and Scott Vance, pool their psychic powers and vast experience in fighting the powers of evil with the powers of good to do battle against a powerful satanist by the name of Vladis Mortayne. At the centre of it all is Bill Holt, friend of Sebastian, Cassia, and Scott, a psychometrist, whose touch can read the memories of objects. When Bill unknowingly unleashes a terrible force by grasping a Knights Templar dagger tied to dark rituals, his fate becomes the key to an ancient prophecy. As Bill descends into madness, his mind invaded by whispers and visions not of this world, ancient forces awaken that seek to open the Gateway to the Astral Plane… and unleash a darkness that has slumbered for millennia. What lies beyond that gateway is not death, but something worse. Much worse. Dark forces are gathering. Reality is bending. The veil between worlds is thinning. And at the heart of the unfolding nightmare waits ancient demons, ready to break through the fabric of existence. From the haunted graveyards of Chadsmoor to the mystical fogs of the Malvern Hills, culminating in the haunted woods of Staffordshire, this is a battle across realms—where knowledge is dangerous, and truth may cost your soul. The gate has been opened—can it be closed before the world is plunged into darkness?