Darkness at the Edge of Tomorrow

By Holiday Cognac

It's not just that murder and accidental death occur, it's that Planet Wayside has become the black cauldron where dark secrets become revealed... and when the last candle expires, an hour before dawn ...everything crescendos. It's December, 1987, long before cell phones became the ubiquitous utensils of communication, and due to a crippling ice storm a small BBQ restaurant named Planet Wayside for one night becomes a haven for 10 people. There's the owner & his outspoken employee, the hitchhiking hippie couple and their baby grateful for the sanctuary, a couple of recent MIT grads en route to Florida, a neighbor couple meeting to finalize the ending of their 40 year marriage, the surprise entry of his young mistress, and John the rogue truck driver who crashes his semi into a telephone pole in front of the restaurant. Evil percolates in pure darkness. FOUR STARS! (Out of four) "Surprising and gripping,...the best feature of the book is its suspense. As the night progresses, the events that are about to follow are definitely unpredictable. The characters are unique and imperfect. Each of them struggles with different issues plaguing their lives. The raging storm also accentuates the apprehension in the restaurant and also foreshadows the shocking events that are to follow...a great read for every reader who appreciates thrilling stories that include murder and which are set in a bygone era. I rate it 4 out of 4 stars." -Official OnLineBookClub.org review Holiday Cognac was born a Buckeye, was a newsboy for the Dayton Daily News, knocked in the winning run in Little League to win the city championship...then promptly moved to a suburb of New York City where simplistic innocence was replaced by an urban awareness. After college (Baldwin-Wallace) because he was an English major he carried the machine-gun for the Wolfhounds, receiving two Purple Hearts the year of Woodstock, 1969. He's been a hippie, a painter, a pathetic teacher, and a restaurateur (coined the name Booeymonger). Many novels have been written, floating in literary limbo, but this bird he's determined to set free and see if it can fly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1731570759
• ISBN13: 9781731570758
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"