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When Darkness Falls... The DMA Picks Up The Pieces.
After battling the demon serial killer within him, the Department of Mystic Affairs offers Karver a change at redemption as a federal agent.With his empath partner Mandi Cobb,they protect and serve the innocent, by taking on zombie rasiers, a twisted faerie kidnapper, a mage's hidden heart, Lovecraftian horrors, a nexus of evil so vile the president has considered using a nuclear option on American soil, those who make deals with the devil and use children's faces to do their evil, the beast with two backs and Karver's own past. Praise for The DMA Casefiles: "THOMAS SHOWS AGAIN WHAT A MASTER FANTIST HE IS." - Sam Tomanio. SFRevu "As much as I wanted to hide my eyes behind my hands, peeking through the slits of my fingers, I could not help but continue reading... Thomas mixes ancient lore with what I like to call keyhole terror. The effect is a breakneck ride through established myths with full-bodied characters, while glimpsing the effects of horror through a keyhole, not in your face blood and gore, but the hint of its occurrence. Just enough scare to set the scene, the reader assumes the rest. The effect is one hell of a ride... Recommended for readers who like dark fantasy with a subtle twist of terror." - Rae Bryant, The Fix |
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“Something’s wrong.”
“Not all kids have a curfew,” I said.
“That’s not it. I’m getting no emotions off of her,” said Mandi.
Then I felt the slightest tingle on the back of my neck. My time as a possessed left me with the ability to sense different types of magic. Those involving Hell or demons I’m most sensitive to. If the girl was a demon or possessed herself, I would have known she was coming long before we could see her.
“I think it’s a dead girl walking,” I said.
The demon also enhanced my eyesight. As soon as the girl in the pink dress passed beneath a streetlight, my heart skipped a beat.
“It’s Winnie. The bastard raised her daughter,” I said, getting out of the car. A rage that wasn’t entirely this sicko’s fault took me over.
“Karver, get back in here. The raiser could be anywhere. We don’t want to give away our position,” said Mandi.
I was beyond listening. One of my dead was walking, and I had to stop Winnie before her mother saw her, or the emotional damage to Lucy would be something I couldn’t imagine.
When I got close enough to the zombie child, I realized I didn’t have a plan. Protocol dictates the best way to stop a zombie is to dismember it and separate the pieces. I had already sliced up this little girl once. I carried two blades under the back of my coat, but I couldn’t bring myself to use them on her – not again.
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