The
Darkness Series
Book
One
Candis
Vargo
Genre:
Paranormal Thriller
Publisher:
Limitless Publishing
Tragedy
strikes the Roseburg family and leaves Mike struggling to help his
wife, Mia. After losing their only child in an accident, Mia is far
from emotionally distraught…instead, she continues on like their
son is still alive.
Four
months passed since the accident…
Mike
begins to work with a psychiatrist to help his wife with her
delusions when a darkness begins to haunt them. As this dark presence
becomes violent, making itself known, Mike wonders if the illusion of
their child that his wife is seeing is something far more demonic.
With
the dark force looming over them, Mike is left questioning his own
sanity as he tries to unravel what is real and what is not.
Soon
he realizes…
Something
is dreadfully wrong.
Chapter 1
The force of the impact with the truck thrust the Jeep forward,
throwing Mia deep into her seat as they went nose first into a ditch.
What was left of the back of the jeep rolled up over the front. It
continued to flip over several times before seeming to levitate in
the air after rolling off the embankment. It felt like an eternity,
the world moving in slow motion, before it smashed against the icy
cold river sending shards of glass and ice throughout the vehicle. As
it slowly began to sink Mia automatically reached down to unbuckle
herself. After struggling to free herself from the seat belt she
reached back for her son.
Her long, dark hair floated through the thickness of the icy water
and streams of blood swam around her face. As she turned around
everything became hazy and the darkness fought to take away her
control. A panic began to set in as her heart raced. She needed to
get back to Eli, to unbuckle him…she needed to save her son.
Being a mother she couldn’t care less if she was hurt, she just
needed to save her son. Like a tiger protecting her young, it was a
mother’s first priority.
As she tried to move into the back seat she reached out to Eli again.
He gently placed his outstretched hand into hers. His eyes, so soft
and gentle, stared into his mother’s, whose were full of pain and
fear for him. He smiled his sweet innocent smile as if telling her
that things were going to be okay.
It was the end of February, a time the weather was supposed to be
warming up as it was readying for spring. Supposed to…but of course
it wasn’t.
Mia had been trying to avoid what happened. Just moments ago she was
talking to her husband on the phone through the Bluetooth she managed
to con him into installing, stating that she was going to wait for
the storm to pass.
“Hello,” Mikes groggy voice had echoed through the car.
“Hi, Daddy.” Eli’s enthusiasm rang throughout the vehicle.
“Dad…Dad, I’m out of school, Dad. And it’s snowing!”
“Oh yeah, buddy,” Mike replied. “Well, I guess I will see
you soon then.”
Mia had angled her rear view mirror down to look back at Eli. She
placed her index finger in front of her mouth to shush him but smiled
underneath it.
Eli puckered his lips out and grabbed them with one hand to keep
himself from talking as he gave her a thumbs up.
“Yeah, it’s snowing like crazy.” Mia took her time as she
drove. She was never a fan of the winter weather and only liked snow
on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day, any time before or after that she’d prefer it be
seventy degrees and sunny. “We’re going to be late for dinner. I
think I’m going to pull over when I can manage to even see anything
so I don’t slide into a damn ditch.”
When Mia left to pick Eli up from preschool there were just a few
flurries floating in the icy wind. Now it had come to near white out
conditions, causing her to curse winter even more.
“All right, just take your time and watch out for the crazy
people out there. And I came up with an awesome idea for big man’s
birthday party. Turning the big five soon, eh, buddy.”
Mia looked in the mirror and saw Eli’s deep brown eyes light up.
He hopped up and down in his booster seat with excitement. “Do I
get a guitar,
Dad? Daddy, I want a guitar!”
“You’ll have to wait and see, buddy, but I better let you guys
go so you can get home. Maybe this snow will be good enough to take
you snowmobiling later.”
Mia rolled her eyes and shook her head in frustration. “See you
when we get home.”
She was still upset with him over what had happened the night
before. She could swear that sometimes it seemed like he’d rather
be anywhere but where the man of the house should be at night…home.
Gender roles were never really her thing, but to her it always seemed
like the man did a better job of protecting the family from
intruders.
“Stay safe,” Mike said before he hung up.
After Mike hung up Mia had slowed down even more, trying to find a
place to pull over before she got anywhere near the upcoming bridge
that crossed the river. She wanted to be out of the way of any
oncoming traffic but with the snow falling as hard as it was, it was
nearly impossible to see anything.
After a few more minutes of driving the snow let up ever so
slightly, enough for her to spot a place where she could pull over.
Slowing down to a near stop, she started to turn the wheel.
The distinctive sound of a big rig's horn snapped her attention to
the rear view mirror, still angled for her to see Eli. She snapped
her head to the right side mirror and saw a tractor trailer turned
sideways, sliding towards her. Her heart raced as she pushed the gas
pedal, trying to get out of the way as fast as she could. The wheels
seemed to turn in pace and the air horn blared again, but was drowned
out by the screeching of metal as it collided.
Everything went black.
In
the fictional book Darkness Within The Darkness Series Book One by
Candis Vargo, the reader is introduced to a young family that has
experienced a life altering trauma. Vargo keeps her readers on the
edge and turning pages quickly. The reader moves along super fast
always trying to figure out just what is going to happen next. Not
only is the pace of the book quick but the storyline is extremely interesting. I
love a psychological type thriller/paranormal book and this one had
me from the beginning! Not only that but it hints around the problems
of alcoholism, cheating and disrespect within a marriage. I really
felt that Vargo had a main purpose in this book in the series and
that was definitely brought to the light for her readers. I always
have to state that I do respect an author who can bring touchy issues
to the surface in a book and touch on them to bring a good point to
the readers, Vargo did this very well! Vargo kept me up all night
reading and this book left me knowing that things will be continued!
I
rate this book with FIVE stars and look forward to reading more in
this series~ I recommend this book to all who love digging to find an
answer, even through the depths of darkness!
Growing
up on an old dirty road in the middle of nowhere, as a child Candis
used her love for books as a way to escape reality (and her brother
constantly trying to kill her—literally). She blames her love of
all things Horror on being born on Friday the 13th and will always
find joy in scaring her friends.
You
will find a little piece of her in every book she writes. She loves a
good happy ending, but most of the time she prefers one she never saw
coming.
When
she’s not writing or reading, she can usually be found chasing her
children around. She currently lives in Rome, Pennsylvania with her
husband and three children. And her fat cat.
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