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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780976249894 ISBN: 0976249898 Label: Swallowdown Press Manufacturer: Swallowdown Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: April 30, 2006 Publisher: Swallowdown Press Studio: Swallowdown Press Sales Rank: 913100 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD Angie Smith and Curtis Loew are having dreams they can’t shake. At the heart of each is Angie’s daughter, Kaya. Angie’s dreams end in death, the spreading of hand-shaped bruises across her daughter’s throat. Curtis’ dreams end in something else, something closer to obsession than love. Angie is worlds away, trying to keep her drug-shattered mind from falling apart, traveling through an American underbelly filled with inhuman shapes, dark whispers and old friends with empty eyes. Curtis is Kaya’s new neighbor. He’s getting closer to her, and her mentally unstable grandmother, Colleen. He’s had families before, but he’d always made mistakes. Mistakes that led to new names, new towns. But this one time, he swears, things will all work out. He’s got so much love to give. Siren Promised Featuring an introduction from author Simon Clark, over thirty illustrations by Alan M. Clark and an afterword by the book’s creators, Siren Promised sets a new benchmark in visual and written storytelling. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A haunting tale that stares up at you from the bottom of lifeAngie is twenty-nine years old, and used up by addiction and abuse. Getting clean, she knows she must break away from her lifestyle and boyfriend/dealer Cypher so that she can reacquaint herself with her thirteen-year-old daughter Kaya. What Angie doesn't know is that Kaya, living with Angie's pill-addicted and abusive mother Colleen, is being stalked by neighbor Curtis Loew, who wants a new family. Before Angie can leave for her old home, her friend Stacy talks her into attending ... Read More Rating:  - A Grisly Tale of RedemptionAngie is a drug addict. Thanks to her sadistic, drug dealing boyfriend she's spent most of the last decade hooked on various narcotics and hallucinogens. She ran away from the (......) long enough to clean up her act so that she can get home to her daughter, Kaya. Angie dreams about her constantly. Unfortunately, the dreams always end in Kaya's death. Angie's friend wants her to celebrate by attending a rave. Although afraid that this one last party may tempt her to slip back into drugs, ... Read More Rating: - not for the squeamish Beautiful in its honesty, the plot is raw and creative. Without sermon or judgment, the story reveals a naked, ugly picture of drug abuse and exile. Although there is a very intricate supernatural element to it, it is purely secondary. What you will remember, what will haunt you, is the desperation of Angie, Curtis, and Kaya, and to what lengths they will go to fill their emptiness. Although I should warn you, the intensity may be too much for those looking for a few hours of simple entertainment. Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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