| STORY DESCRIPTION Life in Louisiana had become a solitary one for young Angie. She tried desperately to fit in with her classmates, but an unfortunate facial birthmark and a lack of interest in what seemed to intrigue her peers just made her the target of ridicule and jokes. To combat this ostracization, Angie found solace in her small room in the cabin in Gonzalez where she and her mother, Claire, lived. Angie's father was long gone but her mother was all the anchor Angie needed for a family.
To amuse herself, Angie retreated from school each day to her small room where her drawing pads and pencils, and pens awaited. She had never had any formal training, but from a very early age, it was obvious that Angie possessed an innate, savant-like artistic talent. Her subjects were mostly realistic, though fantasy and her imagination often crept in as well. In addition to her artistic endeavors, Angie also advanced much more rapidly than her classmates at school scholastically due to her being shunned by them.
All was well until one terrible night in Gonzalez, when Claire collected Angie from her sleep in a panic as they fled town after she had assaulted a man who had attacked her. During their flight to safety, it was revealed that not only was Angie blessed with an incredible artistic talent, but her drawings leapt from the page. Not just the expression that many use to describe how real artwork can sometimes be, but physically leapt from the page turning into living breathing beings. Which would have been fine if Angie drew puppies, and kittens and unicorns, but her subject matter tended to lean toward a slightly darker side.
Their exodus lead them to Colorado where Angie's talents become much more seriously dangerous and it was only with the intervention of elders from a Ute Indian reservation outside Durango that she was able to understand and cope with what she had unleashed. However, even the Native American rituals were not sufficient and the danger that surrounded Angie and her mother soon bled over to impact their friends there causing them to flee once again back east to North Carolina as Angie plotted and strategized to put an end to what she had brought forth.
Come along as Angie struggles with new spiritual concepts to combat beings from the lower regions of hell with only her Ute mentors and teachers to help her as she and her dog, Takoda, take them on.
Author information: Craig grew up in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley in central Virginia??"the "real Virginia"??"and migrated by circumstance into a career in molecular biology research. His natural love of animals never left him through the years and you will find this influence in most all of his writing now. His writing efforts evolved later in life fueled by a strong desire for creativity with ideas often originating from dreams. Unlike many other authors, Craig does not seem to focus in a particular genre, but writes in a variety of areas as new ideas present themselves. Besides basic animal themes, you will find his writing touching on the spiritual, magical, and supernatural at times.
Craig lives Tulum, Mexico now with a very demanding wiener dog, Maddie.
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