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Publisher: Michael/Wojcik
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Don't let me in.
Every culture has its own version of that warning.
In South Carolina, it is the Boo Hag. In China, the jiangshi. Across Europe, Africa, and countless other cultures, the names change, but the warning remains the same. For centuries, humanity believed these stories described different monsters. Dr. Phyllis DeFalco is the first person to realize they have all been describing the same thing, not a monster, but something far older and far more intelligent.
A former CIA field operative who left intelligence work to become a folklore professor in coastal South Carolina, DeFalco has spent years studying why civilizations create supernatural legends. When her former intelligence partner, Evan Sparks, asks her to review a series of disturbing investigations from around the world, she immediately recognizes a pattern no one else sees. Each case reflects a different culture's supernatural beliefs, yet all carry the same impossible signature.
Working alongside Evan, Captain Ikande Jero, known as Khan, and intelligence analyst Rooney, DeFalco realizes they are no longer searching for a killer. They are confronting an intelligence that studies every attempt to stop it, adapts to every obstacle placed in its path, and learns from every person it encounters. Then she recognizes the most terrifying truth of all.
The phenomenon is no longer waiting for people to cross into its world. It is learning how to enter ours. Returning to active duty forces DeFalco to confront the life she left behind, the partner she never truly forgot, and the possibility that the folklore she has spent a lifetime teaching was never meant to explain human fear. It was meant to warn us.
If she cannot stop the next crossing, the boundary separating our world from whatever waits beyond may disappear forever.
Don't Let Me In is a completed 94,000-word paranormal thriller with strong series potential. It offers a fresh take on supernatural suspense by revealing that the legends of different cultures are not separate myths, but generations of warnings about the same ancient intelligence, one that is no longer content to remain on the other side. The novel is written for readers who enjoy intelligent supernatural thrillers that combine suspense, mystery, international investigation, and authentic folklore.
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