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The Academy by Scarlett
Dean Horror
Amber Quill Press
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The book begins in the year 1600 before Christ was born. The fight between the forces of good and evil is still working at large between angels and demons. The biggest battle is Malik the demon against Michael the Archangel. The outcome leads to Malik being sent to earth. The reader is then thrust to our present time. The introduction of fourteen year old Grant is interesting. A very intelligent boy with gifts of mind reading becomes involved with the wrong crowd. His reasons for picking the bad crowd have a lot to do with the death of his father. Grant ends up being sent to Knollwood Academy for naughty boys after his public school decides to expel him.
Grant discovers that this school not just has a good reputation for helping troubled boys but a lot of boys have disappeared and been hurt there. This leads back to the beginning of the story. Malik the demon has sinister plans and it involves Knollwood Academy. Grant Taylor is in dire danger and may be too late to save himself or the students.
The Academy is a spine tingling thriller. The first page had me enthralled, and wondering what was going to happen next. I felt horrible for Grant, rooting for him right from the beginning. This is not a book to read alone or even at nighttime, unless your a very hardened horror reader. Although it is a tale of good versus evil, the author has put a nice twist to it. A very “scary" book to add to those that like being scared half to death. If you enjoy eerie stories, The Academy will be sure to please.
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