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Hell is Empty
A man’s wife dies unexpectedly in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and his teenage foster daughter, Miomir, comes under suspicion after four of the girl’s classmates die by poisoning. Professor Filíp Nekola must protect his younger wards, siblings brought to him six years earlier when a government assassin, Karanosz Tasev, killed the children’s parents. A detective appears, offering information that Tasev seeks Miomir.
Nekola is detained by the Czech government’s secret police, the StB, and the children are left alone with Miomir and her friends. They witness the teenagers performing a dark ritual to destroy Miomir’s enemies. Filíp Nekola must escape the secret police, rescue the children, and stop the assassin Tasev before he steals another life. The worst monsters are human.
Nekola is detained by the Czech government’s secret police, the StB, and the children are left alone with Miomir and her friends. They witness the teenagers performing a dark ritual to destroy Miomir’s enemies. Filíp Nekola must escape the secret police, rescue the children, and stop the assassin Tasev before he steals another life. The worst monsters are human.
50 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 13, 2023
About the author
Mark Edward Jones
18 books26 followersMark Edward Jones writes mystery, crime, noir, and speculative fiction. His work includes the Frank “Twitchy” O’Brien mysteries, the Eddie Stone series, the Henry Ike Pierce mysteries, and the science-fiction stories Transmission 13 and Echo 13. His fiction has received awards and recognition from regional and national writing organizations.
Mark and his wife have celebrated over four decades together. They have three grown children and one grandson.
Mark and his wife have celebrated over four decades together. They have three grown children and one grandson.
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February 12, 2023
A Spooky Cold War Thriller
Mark Edward Jones’s had deftly set his supernatural thriller, “Hell is Empty,” in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, an already scary period to begin with. One of his characters is an ominous assassin who possesses supernatural abilities. In this story, he is searching for a niece who turns out to be even more ominous than her uncle. Can a good-hearted professor avoid the deadly forces arrayed against him and save two orphan children to whom he is the guardian? Read this excellent story to find out!
Mark Edward Jones’s had deftly set his supernatural thriller, “Hell is Empty,” in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, an already scary period to begin with. One of his characters is an ominous assassin who possesses supernatural abilities. In this story, he is searching for a niece who turns out to be even more ominous than her uncle. Can a good-hearted professor avoid the deadly forces arrayed against him and save two orphan children to whom he is the guardian? Read this excellent story to find out!
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