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Authors: Thomas E. Sniegoski
Specter Rising (Brimstone Network Trilogy)
Just when thirteen-year-old
Bram
Stone has gotten the hang of running the new
BRIMSTONE NETWORK
, an unexpected shock is sent his way.
Ligeia
,
QUEEN OF THE SPECTER
—the mother he’s never known—suddenly appears in his life, leading Bram to explore his specter half as he never has before.
The reunion is overshadowed by a dark threat from
Barnabas
, an evil
SPECTER WARLORD
. In this final showdown between the Brimstone Network and Barnabas, Bram and his team must join forces with the unlikeliest of allies to wage a war against their foe and his secret weapon: the mysterious being known as
Trinity
.
Check out the first two books in this
TERRIFYING
trilogy,
The Brimstone Network
and
The Shroud of A’Ranka.
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Paths finally cross. . . .
Eventually Bram was close enough to make out a shape, a human shape, lying in a makeshift bed, covered with thick furs. Closer still, he was able to make out that it was a woman, the exposed flesh of her face so pale, it was as if her skin was glowing.
Bram wasn’t sure how he knew this, but he sensed that the woman was not well, that she was quite ill, and that her life was currently hanging in the balance.
And without explanation he knew something else as well, something that he could not act upon due to the fact that two armored warriors had surged out of the darkness at him, the points of their spears looking to strike him down.
The warriors were attempting to keep him from her, from the sickly woman who was very close to death.
The woman, whom he suddenly realized without any question, was his mother.
The Brimstone Network Book 1:
The Brimstone Network
The Brimstone Network Book 2:
The Shroud of A’Ranka
The Brimstone Network Book 3:
Specter Rising
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Control Number 2008929318
ISBN-13: 978-1-43915-339-0 (eBook)
ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-5106-3
ISBN-10: 1-4169-5106-7
For Bear, a very good dog
Acknowledgments
Much love always to LeeAnne and Mulder for putting up with my garbage.
Big, Big thanks put in a box tied up with a pretty bow to Liesa Abrams for being the coolest editor and beastie around.
Thanks again to Zach Howard for knocking another one out of the park, Christopher Golden, Dave Kraus, Eric Powell, John & Jana, Harry & Hugo, James Mignogna, Don Kramer, Greg Skopis, Mom & Dad Sniegoski, Mom & Dad Fogg, David Carroll, Ken Curtis, Lisa Clancy, Pete Donaldson, Kim & Abby, Jon & Flo, Pat & Bob, Sheila Walker, Mike Mignola, Christine Mignola, Katie Mignola, and Timothy Cole and the Specter hordes down at Cole’s comics.
It’s been a blast. Catch ya in the funny papers.
Tom
