The Dream Snatcher: What a Predator Knows That Parents Don't

By Marty Embry

This story is based on real life events but is completely fictional. It is graphic with vivid descriptions of potential and possible molestations. I wrote it to evoke conversations that you need to have with your child(ren). The book was created out of a concern that many parents are simply uninformed on what could quite easily happen to their child, right under their noses and often, in their own home. This is a wakeup call. The book is not meant to be pretty. It's meant to be in your face, hard core and direct. Don't think for one second that this could never happen to your child. I know first-hand. It almost happened to me.Absorb the book and pay attention to your children. Molesters come in all shapes and nationalities. They could be your neighbor, son, daughter, husband, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandparent, pastor, coach, mentor, friend, teacher, doctor, nurse and many more opportunistic professions and situations. Let's make a difference and get child molesters and pedophiles off of our streets and out of our neighborhoods.This story is based on real life events, but it is completely fictional. I wrote it to start the conversations you need to be having with your children.

Harry Thompson is the man every parent trusts. He runs the after-school program, counsels kids at church on Wednesday nights, works the concession stand at youth football, and never misses his own daughter's school play. The neighbors know him as Melvin. They elected him block captain, and mothers list him as their children's emergency contact. He is also a predator who has spent twenty years hiding in plain sight, and in The Dream Snatcher he tells you exactly how he did it.

Much of the book is told in Harry's own voice. He walks you through how men like him choose a child, how they win over the parents first, how they slip past background checks and policies nobody enforces, and how they keep a child silent for years. Between his chapters, the story turns to the people he harmed. Kip is the lonely fourth grader who waited every afternoon for a mother who was always late. Kathy, already being hurt at home, mistook Harry's patience for love. Maya was taken from a crowded park while her family set up a picnic a hundred yards away. You'll also meet the mothers, the teacher who kept her door open for three years, the detective who finally cut the lock on a footlocker in a garage, and the children who never knew how close they came.

I wrote this book because I'm concerned that so many parents are simply uninformed about what could easily happen to their child, right under their noses and often in their own home. Don't think for one second that this could never happen to your child. I know firsthand. When I was ten years old, it almost happened to me.

This book isn't meant to be pretty. It's meant to be in your face, hard-hitting, and direct. It deals frankly with child sexual abuse, and some readers will find it difficult. Every method in it is drawn from research and survivor accounts. The book closes with a practical field guide for parents, a warning signs checklist, questions to ask any youth program, and a family safety plan to fill out with your child.

Molesters come in all shapes and nationalities. They could be your neighbor, son, daughter, husband, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandparent, pastor, coach, mentor, friend, teacher, doctor, or nurse, or anyone else in a profession or situation that puts them close to children. Absorb this book, pay attention to your children, and let's work together to get child molesters and pedophiles off our streets and out of our neighborhoods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973857154
• ISBN13: 9781973857150
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"