The Last Summer

In the sweltering summer of 1986, the greatest threat to humanity isn't the Cold War. It's buried beneath Carmel, Georgia. For eleven-year-olds Jody Whitmire and David Dempsey, summer is supposed to be about comic books, walkie-talkies, and hiding out in their treehouse at the edge of Harmon's Gorge. But Carmel is a dying mill town, and a suffocating, unnatural heat has settled over the valley. David's father, the ruthless town patriarch Saul Dempsey, has sold his soul-and his town-to a shadowy geopolitical syndicate known as the Directorate. Deep beneath the gorge, they are drilling into the bedrock to open a valve to the Abyss, attempting to establish a dark, counterfeit cosmic mountain right in the heart of Georgia. As a necrotic black oil begins to seep into the town, infecting the minds of the citizens and poisoning Jody's father, the local sheriff, the boys realize they are on their own. Armed with nothing but their bikes, a deep-rooted loyalty, and a newfound faith, Jody and David find themselves hunted by professional killers and malevolent spiritual forces. Their only refuge is a small storefront church led by Pastor Ron Bennett, a man who knows that the battle for Carmel isn't against flesh and blood. As the threshold to the Abyss threatens to tear the world apart, two boys must stand on the front lines of an ancient, cosmic war. It was supposed to be a summer of childhood innocence. It became a fight for their souls.

Pagina's: 205, Paperback, RJ Irvin Books