The Essence of Darkness

Five unexplained child disappearances have plagued the small town of St. Marys in the space of four months. All the elements indicate that these are abductions. FBI Special Agent Eliott Cooper is sent to investigate. Little by little, he uncovers facts that he can’t rationally explain. He pursues a clue that leads him into the forests surrounding the city. A macabre silence inhabits the place. No bird sings and all life seems to have deserted the place. He then discovers a very ancient ruin at the center of this sepulchral stillness. On a full moon night, he witnesses what looks like a black witchcraft ritual. Three priestesses are preparing to sacrifice one of the children. He intervenes, gun in hand, but the force invoked infiltrates him. He loses consciousness. The next morning, dawn breaks over a vision of horror. The three women are dead, partially devoured. The ritual has been accomplished. Eliott, and this thing that is now lurking deep inside him, will flee and try to understand what is happening to him... His DNA appears at the massacre scene. Hunted by the FBI, he will call on Lauren, his closest friend and the only special agent who might still believe he has not lost his mind. She takes the grimoire that was used for the macabre ritual and looks for someone to translate its venomous pages. While Eliott hides in the shadows, clinging to the last fragments of his humanity, the secrets of the book are revealed: this bloody night was only the first move of a malevolent plan that has awaited for millennia. Soon, darkness will spread across the world. And humanity's survival will depend on the fragile bond that links Lauren to a man who is no longer quite himself. Plunge into blood-soaked shadows adventures, face a nightmare of possession and unstoppable evil... don't forget to lock your doors and keep your lights on for the reading of this horror thriller blending suspense, psychology, survival apocaliptic dread, and occult investigations.