R.R. Smythe delivers a superb web of fantasy and mystery in this horror-filled coming-of-age tale set in the nineteenth century that is sure to capture the imagination of today's young adults.
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My new book, Into the WOods, will be out in stores in March 2007.Callum McClure's family and village are under siege from an unknown foe. Villagers by the droves are falling into a mysterious sleep, a coma, from which they are unable to wake.
Callum and his school mates are in a race against time to decipher why and how their parents are unconscious. Odd natural disasters are occurring everywhere, and then, there are the trees…In each sleepers room, roots grow wild out of the closet, and wrap the comatose in a root sarcophagus. On each sleeper's closet door glows a message….Stand…See…Remember…Choose.
Will Callum and his mates' solve the riddle in time to free their parents…or will they be forever banned to the place known only as The NetherWood.The Bride of Blackbeard1718In leaving behind Bristol, England, Constanza Smythe bids farewell and good riddance to a tumultuous childhood and her alcoholic surgeon father, for the life of a Governess in America.However, her dream for a new life in the colonies quickly darkens into a nightmare. Her new plantation home is fraught with terror. It seems the estate sits beneath a cloud of doom. The livestock and slaves are sick and dying; chains on the tiny school desks, and nighttime screaming make her fear for her life.And worst of all, she has unwittingly captured the attention of the most infamous pirate ever known-Edward Teach. Or as he is known to Outer Banks townsfolk- Blackbeard.
