Many (A Legion Novella, #1)
About
On the night of June 6, 1966, in a small, rural county near the Ouachita National Forest in Central Arkansas, numerous lives are changed by a horrific act of rage. Sheriff Clyde Tidwell, a shell of his former self after his wife’s recent passing, must put aside his grief and work the multiple-homicide crime scene, no matter the emotional toll.
What awaits him inside the residence will make him question his sanity and everything he believes as he comes face-to-face with his deepest, darkest fears.
Will he succumb to the terror and become the next victim of the evil lurking inside? Or will he push past it to save the lone survivor and himself?
Praise for this book
Ashley Fontainne hooked me into this story from the very first line. Tidwell is an empathetic character that readers will root for in his rise to heroism. Tidwell is reminiscent of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire: rugged, aloof, extremely broken, and far more complicated than what he appears to be on the surface. As for the plot, fans of Frank Perretti's This Present Darkness Series will enjoy it. Though Fontainne's story has an obvious Christian message, I believe the story's pervasive darkness and eventual redemption can be appreciated by the secular reader as well, especially one who is into paranormal thrillers. Overall, Many is profoundly engaging and emotionally wrought. At times, I'd even say it is outright terrifying. Ashley Fontainne is truly a master of the description required for the short story, revealing just enough to draw the reader into the plot.