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The Smalls
The Smalls
The Smalls
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"You can sense the zeal and joy in its writing. His shifting narrative straddles the otherworldly, the seen and unseen as he confidently juxtaposes myth, horror, and the everyday reality of a bygone era to create an atmosphere of imminent menace." - bookviralreviews.com

If you crave more like Stephen King's early books, the really creepy ones, or Dean Koontz's initial twisted tales, you will devour this new supernatural suspense thriller from author David Edward.

The old gods have awakened. At first, it was hard to tell if the evil followed the season or the man.

Whichever it was, it was here now, stalking the restless humid nights of 1919's Florida City—forcing parents to keep their children in, to close their windows in the sweltering heat, to keep the lights low so as not to attract its interest. But while the New Evil and Old Ed arrive simultaneously, Ed is heralded as their savior. A small man with big connections.

After a mysterious stranger arrives on Ed's return at the height of the long hot summer of horror, the townspeople must make a choice. Are a few missing teenagers really such a high price to pay for their ambitions? Is it so strange that Ed is building a giant megalithic Coral Castle at night, all by himself? Are the mysterious strangers' self-righteous drunken ramblings about law and justice preferable to Ed Leeds's confident assurances?

Once you start reading, you won't want to stop until all the horrifying secrets are revealed!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDavid Edward
Release dateSep 8, 2022
ISBN9798215028384
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David Edward

D. Edward served as a Special Agent in the US Army in the 1980s and 1990s and is a veteran of multiple overseas combat tours. He was the Special Agent in Charge of the 1990 Panama Canal counter-terrorism threat assessment report to the US Congress. Edward is a graduate of the United States Army Intelligence School where he studied advanced HUMINT (Human Intelligence) and battlefield counterintelligence; also completing training at the Jungle Operations Training Center in Panama, Central America. He holds advanced degrees in engineering including a Ph.D. from NCU, three related M.Sc. degrees (MBA, MSIT, MSIM), and has an undergraduate degree in business (BSBA). His books typically reach the Amazon Kindle top 10 upon release in their genre. 'End of Reason' was his first work to reach #1 on Amazon in its category, on June 22, 2021. 'Unreasonable' reached #1 as a pre-order and held the spot for over a month upon release. You can follow his publication schedule here: d-edward.com or email him at his first name, the at sign, the first three letters of the word Florida, a dot, and the word cloud. He did have a Twitter account but then he thought it was stupid so he canceled it.

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