Ascending Powers

9781424162611

1424162610

In 1875, over three hundred Icelandic settlers immigrated to this small community in northern Ontario, hired to complete the railway. One hundred and thirty years later, a car crashes into a swamp outside the small town of Kinmount, and a stone crypt surfaces. When the stone box is opened, the evil contained within is released to prey on the living descendants of the tomb’s occupants. The evil predators strike victims with luring violence, while lashing out to avenge their deaths. Mutilation, freezing and impalement leave the town’s district fire chief, Allin Coppers, wondering whom the next victim will be. Drawn into the violence is Ambreen Betmen, a recently retired exotic dancer, who has inherited a Victorian waterfront home that once belonged to a British aristocrat. Ambreen plays out a series of visions and dreams dating back to the Icelandic settlement. As Ascending Powers spins onward, Ambreen and Allin face a gruesome puzzle and discover one horrifying revelation after another. A local native reservation recites age-old rituals and ceremonies in fear that the evil has returned, fulfilling a long-awaited prophecy. Only the Chosen One can send the evil back from the Sacred Shores. A story revealed through a spirit journey escalates into the mystery of finding the Chosen One. Time is running out for all of them, as the Chosen One must confront the truth of ascending powers.