The Christmas Demons

The time is December, 1837, and the Daly family, Irish immigrants, are struggling to survive on a farm in Upper Canada (as Ontario was then known). The country is in turmoil thanks to exploitation of the poor, land swindles, and the suppression of freedom by the wealthy Tories.
One day Old Mr. Moss, who has threatened to foreclose on the Daly farm, arrives with a dark stranger named Ferguson, and begins referring to "Tir-Nan-Og," the legendary Irish land of bliss. He invokes Tim's help, and he and his sister Kate are soon tested by the arrival of Mr. Bender, a sinister peddler with supernatural powers. On Christmas Eve, the two find themselves in a magic realm, where the battle between good and evil is in full tilt. With the help of Harami, an Arab outlaw and the Jewish sage King Solomon, they fight to revive the dying Tir-Nan-Og. But can they defeat the evil Mr. Bender, who is the embodiment of Samael, the Dark Lord? Adventure, horror, comedy, politics, and history blend in this story, which reaches its climax on Christmas Day when the figures of myth come alive, and two worlds meet.

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The Christmas Demons

The time is December, 1837, and the Daly family, Irish immigrants, are struggling to survive on a farm in Upper Canada (as Ontario was then known). The country is in turmoil thanks to exploitation of the poor, land swindles, and the suppression of freedom by the wealthy Tories.
One day Old Mr. Moss, who has threatened to foreclose on the Daly farm, arrives with a dark stranger named Ferguson, and begins referring to "Tir-Nan-Og," the legendary Irish land of bliss. He invokes Tim's help, and he and his sister Kate are soon tested by the arrival of Mr. Bender, a sinister peddler with supernatural powers. On Christmas Eve, the two find themselves in a magic realm, where the battle between good and evil is in full tilt. With the help of Harami, an Arab outlaw and the Jewish sage King Solomon, they fight to revive the dying Tir-Nan-Og. But can they defeat the evil Mr. Bender, who is the embodiment of Samael, the Dark Lord? Adventure, horror, comedy, politics, and history blend in this story, which reaches its climax on Christmas Day when the figures of myth come alive, and two worlds meet.

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The Christmas Demons

The Christmas Demons

by Tom Henighan
The Christmas Demons

The Christmas Demons

by Tom Henighan

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Overview

The time is December, 1837, and the Daly family, Irish immigrants, are struggling to survive on a farm in Upper Canada (as Ontario was then known). The country is in turmoil thanks to exploitation of the poor, land swindles, and the suppression of freedom by the wealthy Tories.
One day Old Mr. Moss, who has threatened to foreclose on the Daly farm, arrives with a dark stranger named Ferguson, and begins referring to "Tir-Nan-Og," the legendary Irish land of bliss. He invokes Tim's help, and he and his sister Kate are soon tested by the arrival of Mr. Bender, a sinister peddler with supernatural powers. On Christmas Eve, the two find themselves in a magic realm, where the battle between good and evil is in full tilt. With the help of Harami, an Arab outlaw and the Jewish sage King Solomon, they fight to revive the dying Tir-Nan-Og. But can they defeat the evil Mr. Bender, who is the embodiment of Samael, the Dark Lord? Adventure, horror, comedy, politics, and history blend in this story, which reaches its climax on Christmas Day when the figures of myth come alive, and two worlds meet.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940044997332
Publisher: Tom Henighan
Publication date: 09/21/2012
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 465 KB

About the Author

Tom Henighan, Ottawa writer and editor, is the author of some 20 published books, including fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Some of his best-known non-fiction titles include two important books on Canadian culture, Ideas of North (1997), and The Presumption of Culture (1996), as well as Coming of Age in Arabia (2004), about the former British Colony of Aden, and a biography of the explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson (2009). He has also published two adult novels (one of them Nightshade, a mystery novel, in 2010), two volumes of short stories, and six YA novels, including Mercury Man (2004), Doom Lake Holiday (2009), and The Boy from Left Field (2012). Tom was one of the (three) founders of ARC poetry magazine, and has published two volumes of poetry, including Time's Fools (2010). His work has been nominated for various awards, including The Seal Books first novel award, the Red Maple Award, the Ottawa Fiction Prize, Shamus Award and the Riesling Award. Henighan was Associate Editor of Ottawa Revue, an influential arts and entertainment journal of the 1970s-80s. In 2008, he was awarded the Victor Tolgesy Prize for lifetime contribution to the arts in Ottawa.

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