★★★★★ The Summoning has a small-town horror setting that instantly brings to mind a Stephen King novel, but the author makes it his own. — Amazon Customer★★★★ The pacing is excellent, but it is the clarity and depth of the characters that set The Summoning apart. — Amazon Customer★★★★★Worthy of Stephen King or Dean Koontz. \— Amazon CustomerBrady Longmore's debut horror novel, The Summoning, has been compared by Amazon reviewers to early works of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. It's been described as an old-fashioned ghost story with surprising depth. In The Summoning, Longmore has taken familiar elements from the horror genre—demonic entities, the undead, a serial killer on a mission—and made them frightening and suspenseful all over again.Daniel Miller is an outcast, bullied at school, and is a constant source of disappointment to his father. Powerless to change his situation, the teenager bears the burden of daily ridicule and rejection, but deep inside seethes a torrent of vengeful rage. One day, he hears a woman's voice in his head; a voice of sympathy and understanding. A voice of seduction that promises Daniel power, respect, and even love. But most of all, it promises him the revenge he so desperately craves. How far will a teenage boy go to turn the tables on his life? What lines will he be willing to cross in exchange for the seductive promises of a beautiful, but evil, demoness?Chet Cooper has everything going for him. A decorated Marine recently returned from the battlefields of World War II, he was a shoe in for local sheriff when the position came open. He was even voted by the local newspaper as the town's most eligible bachelor. But all is not as it seems. Every day Chet fights a secret war with the demons of his past, as he tries to move on from the horrors of his experiences and live a normal life. One day while searching for a lost child, Chet meets Kate Farnsworth, the new school secretary. She's beautiful, witty, and full of spunk. The demons of his past seem to be powerless in her presence, and he quickly finds himself smitten by the new girl in town. But Kate is battling her own a terrible secret she's running from but unable to escape.When a series of brutal murders takes place in the quiet town of Clear Creek, Chet and Kate are suddenly thrust together into a fight with a supernatural, ancient evil that's hellbent on destroying them and everyone they love. With the clock ticking, will the unlikely couple be able to overcome their own demons, and stop the killings before it's too late?The Summoning is a paranormal horror novel with a sweet romance threaded throughout the main plot. Brady Longmore has painstakingly woven a tapestry of colorful characters, inhabiting a small town, that come to life, seeming to jump from the pages and play through the reader's mind as if they're watching a movie. Described by many readers as a long book, but a short read, fans of horror will find The Summoning a difficult read to put down.
