The Lie
About
Karmen Moncrille’s name has been known throughout the world since the age of sixteen when her first book shot to the top of the bestseller’s list. Now everything she writes is an instant hit, and her legions of devoted fans eagerly await her next release.
The mysterious Karmen always blamed debilitating panic attacks as the reason she avoided publicity and has become a recluse. Which is exactly what she wants the world to think. Only Karmen knows the truth behind her introverted nature. Terrified of being asked where her ideas come from, she fears being branded a raving lunatic.
Now just a week before her twenty-third birthday, Karmen’s world implodes. The madness that haunts her dreams spills over to her reality and she questions her sanity. Suddenly everything has changed and now the world will transform with her. Her last book will unleash the truth and alter mankind — forever.
Is Karmen’s ability to write a gift or a curse? She’s about to find out if her entire life is a lie. And why she was destined to write it.
Praise for this book
Ashley Fontainne’s own literary voice is equal parts siren and succubus. Easy, natural dialogue is interspersed with sections of bloodcurdling demonic narrative so precise and malevolent that it will unseat the most rational resolve. The reader must frequently struggle to remember that “it’s just a book.” The Lie is a book to be read with friends nearby, every light in the house burning and a flashlight handy for backup. Duality is the order of the day; the interplay of darkness and light, good and evil, truth and lies, fantasy and reality is breathtakingly jarring when the currents rise to the surface and hauntingly sinister in calmer moments. It is pointless to speculate whither good or evil, darkness or light will win in The Lie - the power of the narrative lies in its portrayal of the never-ending struggle between opposing forces.
The Lie by Ashley Fontainne is a one-of-a-kind spiritual thriller that defies categorization; like all the best stories, it exists beyond the scope of our slack-jawed wonder.