NOVELS
The Black Garden
John S. McFarland
The small town of Ste. Odile is about to host a new visitor.
Perdita has come to this place to hone her skills as a sculptress, but also to escape a life behind her. For a woman in 1882, this is a huge risk, but her strong will determines she must take it.
But all is not as it seems in this quiet community. Perdita finds herself entangled in its dark, deep secrets, especially concerning the mysterious Orien Bastide, an extremely wealthy man who seems to be a benefactor of Ste. Odile but also holds the town in his iron grasp.
Perdita's embroilment becomes an urgency to help those around her. Her persistence and strength persevere, but will they be enough to save her from an unimaginable horror waiting in the shadows?
John S. McFarland successfully weaves together history and fiction to create this gothic horror novel, a tale with a chilling narrative sure to pique your interest while slipping beneath your skin. Ste. Odile will stay with you long after you've left the confines of the page... come and learn why.
Gothic historical fiction,
horror and mystery
Some adult themes and situations
Appropriate for savvy teenagers on up
Gothic
historical
fiction
The Mother of Centuries
John S. McFarland
1757. "You are an herbalist, a doctor, a midwife, and a seer, some have said. A protector of women."
So is described Euphrosine, Meres de Sicles, the Mother of Centuries. Her age is unknown but she knows her purpose: to protect women from the demon Balphoroth, a monstrous being who infects the bodies of men to carry out his lustful desires against innocent women.
1894. "I hoped you would not have the sight, but you do... and stronger than anyone before you."
Anatolia Montes is a young woman gifted - or perhaps cursed - with prophetic abilities. She knew Perdita Badon-Reed as a child and was saved by her. Through Perdita's friend finding Euphrosine's journal, Anatolia learns of Balphoroth. She returns to Ste. Odile, hoping to stop the demon forever.
John S. McFarland has woven two time periods together in this gothic historical novel, the sequel to his highly praised work The Black Garden. Come learn the fate of the loving Anatolia, the history of the enigmatic Euphrosine, and how both women's lives will entwine to hopefully save countless women to come.
Gothic historical fiction,
horror and mystery
Some adult themes and situations
Appropriate for savvy teenagers on up
Gothic
historical
fiction
Project Notebook
Jason J. McCuiston
In the summer of 1947 - weeks before something fell to Earth near Roswell,
New Mexico - the skies above the Pacific Northwest were filled with mysterious lights and strange phenomena. Members of a top-secret organization are dispatched to investigate the Maury Island Incident, where their first encounter with the unknown results in the team being scattered across Seattle and Tacoma, disarmed and suffering from amnesia.
As eyewitnesses to the strange events begin turning up as apparent suicides, the team of elite WWII veterans must regroup and uncover the truth behind these extraordinary circumstances...
even if it means facing their own self destruction.
"Project Notebook transported me back to an overcast late summer day in 1977, when, looking up at the trees across our rural road, I saw something saucer-shaped and shadowy rotate through the mist for all of one second that has stayed with me since. Like that memory, McCuiston delivers an unforgettable page-turner. Moody, gorgeously written, Notebook reads like a dark dream and deserves a place on every bookshelf."
~ Gregory L. Norris, Author of the Gerry Anderson Into Infinity novels
Sci-fi UFO conspiracy, action/
adventure.
Appropriate for pre-teens on up
Sci-fi
UFO
conspiracy
The Wicked Twisted Road
D.S. Hamilton
SHE is an alien super soldier hunted by elite military forces.
HE is a small-time gangster on the run from the Dixie Mafia.
TOGETHER they'll lead their pursuers on a wild ride along the highways and byways of the Old South, leaving chaos and carnage in their wake.
When Idegen Videshee, an elite warrior for the Logoninjy Empire, meets Jon French, a former college football player wanting to be a pro poker player, both at the threshold of death's door, the unlikely pair's lives are intertwined forever in a bloody flight and fight for survival. Idegen's arrival on Earth has not gone unnoticed, and she escapes after being shot down and captured. Jon gets wrapped up in a multi-departmental sting of the Dixie Mafia, and his higher-ups think he's a snitch. They cut a wicked twisted road of murder, mayhem, intrigue, and deception. And somewhere along the way, they both discover a little bit about what it means to be human.
"Dark and twisty sci-fi. Like driving through a long tunnel and flicking off your headlights, waiting with baited breath to see what will happen next."
~ R.M. Schultz, author of The Forgotten Sky
"From the time Idegen Videshee comes tumbling out of the sky, it's a nonstop thrill ride down this road in D.S. Hamilton's excellent debut novel. Engaging characters and story, muscular writing, and pure fun - a wicked, twisted read! Highly recommended."
~ Gregory L. Norris, 2022 Roswell Award Finalist
Sci-fi grindhouse thriller, action/adventure
Violence and gore
Appropriate for savvy teenagers on up
Sci-fi
grindhouse
