The Haunting of Starkweather Farm: A Stone Spur Novel
By (Author) Phillis Fox
BookBaby
BookBaby
18th January 2018
United States
General
Fiction
Paperback
236
Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 17mm
390g
Seventeen-year-old Drew Genetti feels like hes in a cheesy TV show. His grandma couldnt have shot his grandpa, could she Yet, minutes after the murder, Drew saw the ghost of his grandpa. He showed Drew his gaping, bloody head wound and commanded, Dont believe anything your grandma tells you.
What Drews grandma tells him is this: in 1899, on his grandparents farm, a doomsday cult converted all their worldly possessions to gold and disappeared into a secret sinkhole. In the cave beyond, they awaited the End of Days. They were never seen again, but since then eerie globes of light have haunted the Starkweather farm the trapped souls of the cult, according to Drews grandma. She says that Drews grandpa found the sinkhole and the gold and tried to kill her so that she couldnt tell anyone.
Is it possible that his grandpa found a place hidden for over a hundred years Without proof, no one believes his grandmas claim of self-defense. To keep her out of prison, Drew must find the sinkhole and enter its forbidding maw. Can he trust the flirtatious neighbor girl and her jock boyfriend to help him explore the cave safely They seem to be looking for the gold themselves.
What will they find Did the cult perish there with their treasure, or did they create an underground Utopia, or As the ghost of his grandpa warns, Theres nothing but evil in caves.
Phillis Fox is a retired college professor. She lives on 20 acres of pasture and forest in the Missouri Ozarks with her pets, Nature's wildlife, and perhaps a ghost or two. Connect with her at www.facebook.com/PhillisFoxNovels.