THE UNHOLY
By
Paul DeBlassie III
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BLURB:
A young curandera, a medicine woman, intent on
uncovering the secrets of her past is forced into a life-and-death battle
against an evil Archbishop. Set in the mystic land of Aztlan, The Unholy is a novel of destiny as
healer and slayer. Native lore of dreams and visions, shape changing, and
natural magic work to spin a neo-gothic web in which sadness and mystery lure
the unsuspecting into a twilight realm of discovery and decision.
Excerpt
Lightning streaked across a midnight dark
sky, making the neck hairs of a five-year-old girl crouched beneath a cluster
of twenty-foot pines in the Turquoise Mountains of Aztlan stand on end. The
long wavy strands of her auburn mane floated outward with the static charge. It
felt as though the world was about to end.
Seconds later, lightning
struck a lone tree nearby and a crash of thunder shook the ground. Her body
rocked back and forth, trembling with terror. She lost her footing, sandstone
crumbling beneath her feet, and then regained it; still, she did not feel safe.
There appeared to be reddish eyes watching from behind scrub oaks and mountain
pines, scanning her every movement and watching her quick breaths. Then everything
became silent.
The girl leaned against
the trunk of the nearest tree. The night air wrapped its frigid arms tightly
around her, and she wondered if she would freeze to death or, even worse, stay
there through the night and by morning be nothing but the blood and bones left
by hungry animals. Her breaths became quicker and were so shallow that no air
seemed to reach her lungs. The dusty earth gave up quick bursts of sand from
gusts of northerly winds that blew so fiercely into her nostrils that she
coughed but tried to stifle the sounds because she didn’t want to be noticed.
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Paul DeBlassie III, Ph.D., is a
psychologist and writer living in Albuquerque who has treated survivors of the
dark side of religion for more than 30 years. His professional consultation
practice — SoulCare — is devoted to the tending of the soul. Dr. DeBlassie
writes fiction with a healing emphasis. He has been deeply influenced by the
mestizo myth of Aztlan, its surreal beauty and natural magic. He is a member of the Depth Psychology
Alliance, the Transpersonal Psychology Association and the International
Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
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1 comment:
Sounds really interesting, I love the combo of fantasy, mystery, and paranormal elements in a book. I would really like to read - putting on to read list
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