Audio Book Description:
For most of her young life, thirteen- year-old Angel Sullivanhas been on the outside lookingin, enduring the taunts of cruel schoolmates and the angry abuseof a bitter father. Then Angel`s family moves to the quaint town of Roundtree, Massachusetts- where a charming home is available, a promising job awaitsAngel`s unemployed father, and most of all, the chance to makea brand-new start beckons to the shy, hopeful teenager. But when she is shunned by hernew classmates, Angel falls deeper into despair. Until she meets Seth Baker, a fellow outcast-and a fateful kinship isforged. It`s Seth who tells Angel about the legacy of murder that hangs over her family`s home. Uncertain whether the storiesare true, and desperate toescape the torment of their daily lives,Angel and Seth devote themselves to contacting whatever restless soul hauntsthe dark recesses of Black CreekCrossing. Guided by an anguished and vengeful spirit, they uncover the centuries-old horrorsthat lay buried beneath theplacid veneer of Roundtree. Andalong with the ghastly revelations comes a terrifying power- one that feeds upon the rage of the victimized, turning thebasest impulses and most dangerous desires into devastating weapons. Now, the closer Angel and Seth are pushed toward the edge by their tormentors, thedeeper they descend into the dark forcesthey`ve unleashed...andthe more unspeakable thehour of reckoning will be.
