Eric Arvin's Greatest Hits by Eric Arvin

But most of all, I’m the keeper of the carnival. I’m a runaway, a hustler when I need to be, a ghost when I have to scare hoodlums away from my home, and a loner who maybe reads too much. I’m many things, though none of them having to do with any real talent. Will they succeed or will all of them fall to the taste of a young cannibalistic ghost? When Ethan sees a figure behind Chloe, he leaves his boyfriend and baby and sets out to save Jeff.Ĭhloe, Ethan and Lana come together to fight an evil that would destroy Jeff. One night while talking on the computer with Ethan, Jeff’s brother, a feeling of dread comes to the fore.

Jeff has become obsessed with the cabin and the old water well.

It was Chloe’s idea to strengthen their marriage but she see’s now that it isn’t working. Jeff and Chloe are a couple who live in a cabin below the big house. She has lived this way since the death of her daughter and the disappearance of her husband. Lana is a faded movie star who lives alone in a big house on a hill that overlooks the sea. Venture again to the Valley in this prequel to Eric Arvin’s acclaimed epic The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men.Ĭindi’s #1 book of 2013, tied with Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men. Meanwhile, Lucifer’s older brother Uriel rejects the valley altogether and, with the help of his lover-a raft boy named Roman-flees the place only to be caught up in the corrupt big city world of a madame named Ute Dragal.Īnd so begins a tale of wonder and danger, filled with a cast of characters ranging from the strong to the stoic to the sinister, in a place where a dark power awaits them all. He converses with the trees and an angel named Azrael, all the while being taught by the midwife Mother True to hone his talents. But the youngest son Lucifer is the most open to the river’s pulse. To them, the magic of the Valley is not at first apparent, at least not to all. Welcome to the Valley, a liminal landscape that lies somewhere in the fringes of the world a place with such secret magic that only the very observant can see it. A tale of love and duty ensues, challenging the destinies of Minerva, the young hero Leith, his lover Aubrey, and the mute boy, Deverell. Leith’s half-crazed mother Calpurnia has her own aspirations, however, that prove detrimental not only to Minerva, but to everyone she comes in contact with.Ĭindi’s #1 book of 2013, tied with Azrael and the Light Bringer.Īzrael and the Light Bringer (Valley Books)

She is the only person who sees the ancient danger that resides on a nearby chapel grounds. Most pay little heed to her warnings, and in the end only a small band of friends stand beside her. Minerva True is a River Dweller and mystic who lives deep in the forested hills of a river valley on the fringes of the world. Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men (Valley Books) *** Below are the books included in the giveaway.

Eric Arvin's Greatest Hits by Eric Arvin