Book Spotlight Fridays! The Oath

 

Book Beginnings and Friday56

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and share a non-spoiler sentence or two.

I love Frank Peretti's stories and can't believe I delayed in reading this one: 

The Oath

About the book:

Something sinister is at work in Hyde River, an isolated mining town in the mountains of the Pacific North-west. Something evil.

Under the cover of darkness, a predator strikes without warning - taking life in the most chilling and savage fashion.

The community of Hyde River watches in terror as residents suddenly vanish. Yet, the more the locals are pressed for information, the more they close ranks, sworn to secrecy by their forefathers' hidden sins.

Only when Hyde River's secrets are exposed is the true extent of the danger fully revealed. What the town discovers is something far more deadly than anything they'd imagined. Something that doesn't just stalk its victims, but has the power to turn hearts black with decay as it slowly fills their souls with darkness.

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Book Beginnings

SHE RAN, tree limbs and brambles scratching, grabbing, tripping, and slapping her as if they were bony hands, reaching for her out of the darkness.

Friday 56

With that, Levi almost laughed.  "Charlie, are you scared of something?"  Charlie said nothing, but Levi didn't think Charlie could deny it, seeing as he was hiding it so poorly.

My thoughts so far

So far this is interesting and I'm wondering what is going on.

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