Jonathan Dylan Barker holds a B.A. in English from Beaumont University and currently lives in Shadow Cove, Massachusetts where he is hard at work on his latest novel.
Forsaken: Book One of the Shadow Cove Saga
by J.D. Barker
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- ISBN-13: 9780990694922
- Publisher: Hampton Creek Press
- Publication date: 05/19/2015
- Pages: 436
- Sales rank: 154,830
- Product dimensions: 4.37(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.89(d)
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"Scary as hell!"
Editorial Review, Horror After Dark
"Incredibly written, supremely creepy. I don't say this lightly: J.D. Barker is a force to be reckoned with."
NY Times Bestselling Author, Tosca Lee
"A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind!"
Jeffery Deaver #1 International Bestselling Author
Book One of the Shadow Cove Saga
Inspired by Actual Events
Excerpt from the Journal of Clayton Stone - 1692
She was examined today without torture at Shadow Cove township on the charge of witchcraft. She said she was wholly innocent of the crime and has never in life renounced God. I watched as they brought her out. A poor, sickly thing, worn by her time behind the walls of her prison. Her bared feet and hands bound in leather, her clothing tattered to that of ruin. Despite such condition, her head was held high, her eyes meeting those of her accusers. Upon being stripped and examined, on her right side is found a bluish mark, much like a clover leaf; it was thrice pricked therein but she felt no pain and no blood flowed from the wound. She still refuses to provide her name so we remain unable to search baptismal records, nor has her family stepped forward to claim her as their own. We have no reason to believe she is anything but an orphaned child. I find myself unable to look at her directly in the moments preceding her trial. She is watching me though; with eyes of the deepest blue, she is watching me.
Thad McAlister, Rise of the Witch
When horror author Thad McAlister began his latest novel, a tale rooted in the witch trials of centuries past, the words flowed effortlessly. The story poured forth, filling page after page with the most frightening character ever to crawl from his imagination. It was his greatest work, one that would guarantee him a position among the legends of the craft.
But was it really fiction?
He inadvertently opened a door, one that would soon jeopardize the lives of his family.
She wants to come back.
At home, his wife struggles to keep their family alive. Secretly wondering if she caused it all...a deal she made long ago. A deal with the Forsaken.
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Publishers Weekly
Barker's ambitious debut is aimed squarely at fans of classic horror, with several references to the work and life of Stephen King that, at times, get in the way of appreciating Barker's own story. Novelist Thad McAlister's latest book is poised to be his greatest triumph, a terrifying fiction based on New England's witch trials. He learns too late that he and his family are being used by dark forces looking to reclaim their place on Earth. Witches, spells, miniature demons, and personal doubt give fans of horror plenty to latch on to, and the plot moves at a brisk pace. Pages from Thad's novel are woven in and out of the events in his life, adding complexity to both, and the terror felt by Thad's pregnant wife, Rachel, and their daughter, Ashley, comes across very well. Unfortunately, the (King-approved) inclusion of the fictional town of Castle Rock, and the biographical parallels between Thad and horror's most famous author, are distracting and diminish an otherwise promising start to a planned series.