Blackout - (White Harbor) by Carlos E Rivera (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

WHAT YOU WHISPER, WHAT YOU HIDE, WHAT YOU FEAR...

THE TOWN KNOWS.

Thirty years ago, Freddie Parham did the unthinkable. In the depths of the infamous Vanek House, he sacrificed six lives to unknown dark forces.

Now an inmate at a mental health facility, Freddie has become the servant of Martha Lange, the leader of a dark, local cult. Bringing to life the monstrosities Freddie paints on his canvas, he sets out to perform the Ritual of the Four Nights, which will awaken the entity sleeping beneath the town of White Harbor.

Elsewhere in town, Peter Lange and his friends are gathered at a local bar, when a mysterious figure from their past puts the group in mortal danger. They must uncover where the key to it all lies. Is it in their experiences inside the Vanek House? In the "safe place" where two of the group began a secret love affair? In the crawlspace beneath Peter's home, where his greatest fears still live?

An inexplicable blackout devours White Harbor. The blue moon rises. The First Night has begun.

The first of four nights to awaken God and remake the world.

Review Quotes

"Where the Local Truth set the stage, Blackout gives us the play, the drama, the horror, everything we've been waiting for, and it does not disappoint. Rivera has a way of writing that takes us further than merely reading a book. These pages feel like memories of our own hometown, our own childhood, our own nightmares. Mark my words, Carlos E. Rivera is a master of his craft and will be talked about for many years to come."

- Chisto Healy, author of The Gateway in Apartment 8 and The Pit

"Rivera delivers prose that is both elegant and engrossing. His characterization is top notch, creating characters that are shades of light and dark, providing authenticity and complexity."

- Mark Allan Gunnells, author of Haunted Places and Other Stories and Before He Wakes