The Outcast: The Carterville Series, #1

By Percival Pack

From the international best-seller, Percival Pack comes an action-packed mystery series guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

 

Fleeing from a dark and dangerous past, Daniel Porter hopes to start a new life. The witness protection program has placed him in the small town of Carterville, where he hopes to find some peace. However, after several odd encounters with the townsfolk, Danny realizes Carterville is going to be anything but peaceful. His new home holds a dark and sinister secret—not unlike himself—and no one is willing to talk about it.

 

Danny's only ray of hope is Kelsey, the girl he met at the general store, who's graciously offered to help him fix up his home. However, the night Kelsey stops by they have a bone-chilling experience that leaves them both dumbfounded.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Olive Press Publishing
• Release date: Jul 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201474966

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The Outcast

The Carterville Series: Book1

By: Percival Pack

Copyright © 2022 Percival Pack

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 1

Danny felt excited as he passed a large road sign that read Welcome to Carterville. This would be where he could get a fresh start in life. He had been driving several hours without stopping, and his arms and legs had become stiff. The rows of trees lining the road were beautiful shades of green and a welcome sight after driving hours over empty roads. His jeans and t-shirt smelled stale from having been worn for multiple days, and his hair fell unkempt across his forehead. Danny hadn’t bothered to get ready when he’d left his motel early that morning. He was anxious to be done with his exodus and leave his painful and horrific past behind to start a new life.  His stomach grumbled, reminding him it had been several hours since he had eaten.

Carterville was a quaint, peaceful little town where planter boxes hung from old-fashioned light posts lining the main road, filled with vibrantly colored flowers, and mom-and-pop stores with hand-painted, wooden signs lined the sidewalks. It was certainly different from the hustle and bustle Danny had been used to back in New York City.

Danny continued on the main road, leading to the center of town, where he pulled his old Ford Bronco over to the side of the road in front of one of the shops. I’m finally here, he said to himself out loud, Time to find something to eat. His stomach growled again in agreement as he got out of his truck and stretched.

Long drive, huh? said an unfamiliar voice from behind him.

Danny whipped around to see a tall, burly police officer wearing a tan uniform and cowboy hat. Light reflected off his aviator sunglasses, and he had a well-groomed goatee.

Oh, uh... y-yes, a long drive, Danny stuttered. His heart raced. He had not expected his first interaction in town to be with law enforcement. Panicked thoughts raced through his mind. Had the local authorities been notified he was coming? Did they know about his