The life-eater
by Harold Ward
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About This Book
A medium wielding dark sorcery accidentally unleashes nightly horrors that drain the life-force from the people of an isolated village. Each night brings twisted corpses, gaunt mothers, and the silent dread of a cemetery too full to hold the lost.As terrified villagers vanish into the swamp’s shadow, a disillusioned physician versed in voodoo and demonology teams with a devoted schoolmaster whose beloved girl teeters on death’s edge. Together they erect iron wards, hypnotic ploys, and a hidden trap within the abandoned chapel—and prepare to face the unseen elemental before it feeds on every so...
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