Be sure to buckle-up for what can only be described as "a Mister Toad's wild ride of the imagination," by poet-novelist, Jon Christopher. A cast of colorful characters, unlike any you have encountered, will keep you engrossed throughout Angel's journey in Book One, of the Angel O'Hara (Demon-Slayer), Saga. October, 31st, 1949. Flying in fog off the coast of Maine, a two-hundred-and-twenty-year-old Hungarian Vampire Bat (and former Miss Budapest), named Szah Zhah Kopeck, crashes on the roof of the lighthouse keeper, Paddy and Sarah O'Hara. When the O'Hara's answer the knock at their door, they find a diminuitive, dark-haired beauty, with violet eyes, speaking with a curious accent, asking for help. Later, when the O'Hara's nine-year-old daughter, Angel, returns from a night of trick-or-treating on her birthday, she finds her parents brutally murdered. It is only the intervention of a former Marine, Jonny Fiain, a hunted criminal and the lifelong friend of Angel's parents, that prevents Angel from certain death, after being clawed by the creature. Jonny whisks Angel and her dog, Whiskey, away to safety across the border, into Canada. Far from safe, however, forces of darkness are being marshalled to come after them. What follows is non-stop, hold-on by the seat of your pants, with action and humor, galore, that offers many a unique glimpse into the past, from the 1700s through the 1940s.
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