The Child

by Angel Van Atta

Overview

"A mother's love is a magical thing. It was all she had to keep her sane and she clung to it like a life preserver."

Sarah wakes up one morning and doesn't recognize her own daughter. Emma has developed a voracious appetite along with a penchant for coming home covered in blood. Her little girl isn't her little girl anymore.

Mrs. McGregor is closely acquainted with evil. She recognizes it immediately from her perch next door as neighborhood animals keep going missing.

Jess loves her sister, Sarah, and her niece, Emma, with her entire heart and soul. She knows something is different the moment she crosses the threshold into their home. The air is stifling, and the house is weeping with malcontent.

From the very marrow of this seemingly innocent house to the surrounding streets, good and evil are locked in an ancient battle of eternal opposition.

This is the most important fight of Sarah's life. At stake is her daughter's soul. Can the illuminating light of love shine through the dark shroud of pervasive evil or will malevolence endure?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765590768
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/10/2019
Series:	The Children And The Gods , #1
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Angel Van Atta was born to an abusive father and a mother who would soon fall victim to cancer's ugly fist. After the death of her mother, when Angel was just four years old, she was separated from her half-brother who had shared the same mom, and bounced around from family members to friends of her father. Because of her curious and sometimes terrifying childhood, Angel soon turned to horror as a way to feel safe. She found that horror on the page or on the screen was often worse than what she was going through in real life, and in these stories there was hope as well as redemption and the coming together of the oppressed and terrified. But, most importantly, she found that good could triumph over evil. These were great comforts to the scared and lonely little girl.
Angel is now a mother of two who was lucky enough to find a husband who was everything her father was not. Kind and trustworthy and good. She writes horror as a way to spread the same kind of hope that she so needed as a little girl and outside of the world of fiction only really ever found as an adult. Her stories are vivid and chilling as well as heartwarming and fast paced. She invites you to walk with her in her imagination. A place that can be just as dark as it is light.

Editorial Reviews

I started this late last night & sacrificed my beauty rest because I couldn't put it down. Great read.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RAVOISYPGVQM2/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B081B8SCYY

This book was amazing, it kept me up late into the night because the story was so terrifying it was hard to put down. If you like horrors then this is the book for you!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R31M8A9QELILRO/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B081B8SCYY - Nicole S

This book, if made into a movie, would probably be considered a horror/slasher/ gory piece. Right from the start, the author grabs you with an innocent-looking young girl who quickly becomes a slashing, flesh-eating thing from hell. If this is your type of genre, it is a good read.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1BFSSPPBZXUH6/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B081B8SCYY - Gary Rose

This book is such a different take on possession and monsters. It was well written, the characters were wonderful, and I really want to be best friends with Jess after this (you'll see why). I highly recommend adding this to your list!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2CKY70T83L3S1/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B081B8SCYY - Heather Larson