English asked the class if they wanted to sing 'Happy Birthday' to her. English didn't know what was wrong, how was she going to explain it to him? After all, it had happened right there during the first period, just before the bell sounded, when Mr. How could she be okay after what had happened this morning? And if Mr. 'You okay, Angel?' the teacher asked, peering worriedly at her from behind his desk. Finally, when even the chatter in the corridor outside the room had died down, she stood up to pull on her jacket. English's room and waited for her classmates to disappear before she even started stowing her books in her backpack. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Īs the last bell of the day rang, angel sullivan sat quietly in her seat in the last row of Mr. and the more unspeakable the hour of reckoning will be. Now, the closer Angel and Seth are pushed toward the edge by their tormentors, the deeper they descend into the maelstrom of dark forces they’ve unleashed. And along with the ghastly revelations comes a terrifying power-one that feeds upon the rage of the victimized, turning the basest impulses and most dangerous desires into devastating weapons. Guided by an anguished and vengeful spirit, they uncover the shocking events and centuries-old horrors that lay buried beneath the placid veneer of Roundtree. But once they have begun, there is no turning back. Uncertain whether the stories are true, and desperate to escape the torment of their daily lives, Angel and Seth devote themselves to contacting whatever restless soul haunts the dark recesses of Black Creek Crossing.

It’s Seth who tells Angel the unspoken truth about the legacy of murder that hangs over her family’s home-and the whispered rumors that something supernatural still dwells there. Until she meets Seth Baker, a fellow outcast-and a fateful kinship is forged. But when she is shunned by her new classmates, Angel falls deeper into despair. Then Angel’s family moves to the quaint town of Roundtree, Massachusetts-where a charming home is available, a promising job awaits Angel’s unemployed father, and most of all, the chance to make a new start beckons to the shy, hopeful teenager. With these eerie ingredients, bestselling master John Saul once again works his unique brand of sinister magic to conjure an unforgettable tale of unspeakable terror.įor most of her young life, thirteen-year-old Angel Sullivan has been on the outside looking in, enduring the taunts of cruel schoolmates and the angry abuse of a bitter father. And two young misfits discover the chilling art of turning persecution into retribution. Unholy forces are stirred from long slumber to monstrous new life. The dark history and dire secrets of a peaceful small town are summoned from the shadows of the past.

Black creek crossing by john saul