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    The Skull Ring

    By Scott Nicholson

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    Julia Stone's past comes creeping back when she discovers a strange silver ring, and three men want to help her--but choosing the wrong one could cost not only her heart but her soul.

    THE SKULL RING

    Dr. Pamela Forrest is determined to bring Julia's memories to the surface, hoping to heal Julia's panic disorder. The therapist keeps returning Julia to a night twenty-three years ago when Julia was four. A night of hooded figures, strange chants, pain, and blood. The night her father disappeared from the face of the earth.

    But the line between the past and the present begins to blur when Julia finds a silver skull ring that bears the name "Judas Stone." Someone is leaving strange messages inside her house, even though the door is locked. The handyman, who has a key, spends a lot of time in the woods behind her house. Her boyfriend Mitchell becomes distant and violent. And the cop who investigated her father's disappearance has followed her to the small Appalachian town of Elkwood.

    Now she has a head full of memories, but she doesn't know which are real and which are the creations of Dr. Forrest. The shadows of Julia's panic are growing larger and darker. But succumbing to madness seems safer than heeding the whispers that claim ownership of her body and soul.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHaunted Computer Books
    Release dateFeb 5, 2010
    ISBN9781907190919
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    The Skull Ring
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    Scott Nicholson

    Scott Nicholson is author of seven novels, including THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DRUMMER BOY, and THE SKULL RING. Other books include the novellas BURIAL TO FOLLOW and TRANSPARENT LOVERS and the story collections ASHES, THE FIRST, and FLOWERS. He also writes screenplays and children's books. Nicholson lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

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      A creepy read that will keep you on your toes and certainly begs the light to be left on for those that easily fall under the spell of a book. For me, I wasn't fond of the main character as I felt a lack of connection and the narratives connecting the moments of action that drove the story forward were to numerous for my taste....but that doesn't mean it will have the same effect on you. Looking for a book that lands squarely in the horror genre....you found it...in spades.