The Calling

By Paul M. Strickler

Horror novel set in Northern Michigan. Synopsis: The Sarasin family's move to northern Michigan is meant as a getaway from the stressful big-city life of suburban Detroit. Instead, they find themselves engaged in an epic struggle . . . with a demon, their new house's sinister past and with themselves. From a mysterious stranger who stalks them, to a hotel clerk who describes their house's former owner as "a doctor not of the living . . . but of the dying," from sounds of digging and voices under their house to an enormous "stone circle" used for Satan worship in the forest behind them, from the discovery of journals describing demon calling to a sheriff who may be "one of them," the Sarasins are plunged into a seemingly unstoppable descent as pawns in a game where the future of the world depends upon their ability to stop the creation of an immense "gate"--a portal between the world of the living and that of the revengeful dead.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1427606552
• ISBN13: 9781427606556
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Black Castle Entertainment, LLC
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great novel by a new author

This is a great book by a new author. It would be a terrific movie. Be sure to read this! ...Bill in Arizona

Great Horror!

An extremely well written, creative and vivid horror fiction novel. The epitome of a good horror. Hard to put down, and hard to sleep after finally doing so. A great work and contribution not only to horror readers, but any reader. Truly a masterpiece.

Paul M. Strickler- Writes Horror at it's best...

Great book! This is one of those books that left the usual chores left undone while I was off with my nose in the book. The wife could yell and I wouldn't hear a thing. I particularly enjoyed the fact that he would re-tell aspects of the story from an original view, thus ensuring that no detail would be missed and I wouldn't get lost in the telling. Its ending was surprising and pleasantly not what I had expected it would be. I am looking foward to reading anything else Paul M. Strickler would publish!

The Calling

Great Read !!! Horror fans will love this book. The way the author describes the characters and scenes really gets the imagination going. Definitely a page turner, you are not really sure how it is going to end and has some nice twists. The one character in the book keeps you going back and forth, good guy, bad guy. Really well written. I'm hoping to see more books from this author.

Must Read

Great book! This is one of those books that left the usual chores left undone while I was off with my nose in the book. The wife could yell and I wouldn't hear a thing. I particularly enjoyed the fact that he would re-tell aspects of the story from an original view, thus ensuring that no detail would be missed and I wouldn't get lost in the telling. Its ending was surprising and pleasantly not what I had expected it would be. I am looking foward to reading anything else Paul M. Strickler would publish!