The Seventh Son - Tapa blanda

Life after death ... and death in the afterlife. The heroine of The Seventh Son, travels to a place where all eventually go, but few, if any return. Set in a small town in Central Louisiana, this fast paced story is a paranormal / thriller written for adult readers. Dark and compelling, this book stretches religion and the paranormal to their utter limits while teaching a mother the ultimate meaning of sacrifice, devotion and love. Angry and disenchanted, Joan Guidry resents the fact she had a child early in life. Since giving birth to her son Amon, her life has not turned out as she had hoped. Rather than accepting responsibility for her situation, she’s blamed everyone but herself. Resigned to her unhappy existence, Joan knows the dreams of her youth will never come true. Then fate steps in and casts an even darker shadow upon Joan’s life: First her parents die under mysterious circumstances and leave the bulk of their estate to an unknown benefactor. Next, a dark entity pursues and viciously attacks Amon; leaving him near death. To make matters worse, when she takes him to a hospital after the attack, an overzealous social worker accuses her of child abuse. The only person to whom Joan can turn for help is a mysterious woman she met only once at her parents funeral. Powerful and sagacious, Fajah Deveroux has been practicing witchcraft for over a century. She knows what pursues Amon, and why. For reasons Joan doesn’t understand, Fajah, Joan and Amon are connected by a dark family secret. A secret hidden from Joan her entire life, until now. To save her son, Joan must travel to a place she never knew existed, and outwit an entity more powerful than she could ever imagine.

B. D. Toms writes novels and short stories in the science fiction/ thriller / horror genres. He is a graduate of Northwestern State University and lives with his family in Central Louisiana.