Slip Skin
In the South Carolina Lowcountry, parents whisper this warning born of night terrors to their children instead of "sweet dreams"...and for good reason. A boo hag, or slip skin, comes in the dark of night to straddle the chest of unsuspecting dreamers as it feeds on their life force, offering in trade a festering evil that, if left unchallenged, spreads. Fast.
It is angry......
Although superstitious to the core, Cameron Frost has never given much credence to the supernatural. Strange communications from his dead brother coupled with a late-night visit from a boo hag, however, provide more than enough proof.
It is hungry......
Throughout history, major battles and world wars have sprung from the underlying malignancy of the boo hag. Freed from an almost century long confinement, it wants to feed--its desire for not only sustenance but for power is fierce.
It is coming......
Battling a tremendous wave of violence, the authorities are unaware of the boo hag, and Cam can't tell them--if he did they'd lock him away in a padded cell. A little like David facing Goliath, Cam feels like he has been handed an eyedropper to put out the raging flames of an ancient evil. With much more than personal safety at stake, he grabs all the luck he has on hand--a heads up penny and a red-headed best friend--and races to find a way to stop the boo hag before it uses the far-reaching influence of the United States government as a stepping stone to create a global living Hell.
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