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    From Darkness
    From Darkness
    From Darkness
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    From Darkness

    By Matthew Benefiel

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    From Darkness is a story about Robert Drake, a boy troubled by nightmares and visions in childhood, but with a fascination and skill in solving mysteries. Early on he discovers his father is not happy with his talent, and finding out past secrets only further sets the two apart.
    Robert is left to work out his own troubles, having battles of will against psychologists while struggling to overcome the nightmares and vision he wishes to keep secret. He succeeds in overcoming these hurdles and finds himself successful in a career as an FBI agent. He is the cream of the crop as he heads into one of his most important missions yet; but troubles await him.
    After discovering a missing file on the long dead murderer Trent Frennur, the most feared mass murderer in history to date and the one who was the purpose for opening the building that eventually became SODM (Study of the Deranged Museum), Robert finds himself falling back into his old troubles. Though he makes it out of this latest case alive, he fails in capturing the loosed murderer Perter Marson.
    With Marson on the loose and the dead Frennur haunting his dreams, Robert must find a way to survive; but is there more to this story? Robert must trust his instincts as he battles imaginary people and meets both friends and enemies along the way. He must find out if there is something bigger at stake than finding one murderer, or solving the next case in front of him. These struggles are just the beginning however as he battles his past and once again faces his father, who still will not talk to him over past wrongs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatthew Benefiel
    Release dateNov 12, 2011
    ISBN9781465749949
    From Darkness
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    Matthew Benefiel

    I picked up an enjoyment of writing in high school, spending most of my efforts on short prose. In the following years I have attempted a few short stories, but never succeeded in turning an idea into a story, complete with development of my characters. It wasn’t until the year of 2009, after five years of marriage with my beautiful wife and three wonderful children, that I woke up one morning with an eerie dream imprinted in my mind and my first story began. The rest is history...er, well is being written anyway. Let's just say my mind is full, now comes the hard part of emptying all out on paper.

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