DEVOURER OF SOULS

Welcome back to Clifton Heights.  , In Kevin Lucia&rsquo,s latest installment of his growing Clifton Heights mythos, Sheriff Chris Baker and Father Ward meet for a ,Saturday ,morning ,breakfast at The Skylark Dinner to once again commiserate over the weird and terrifying secrets surrounding their town. Sheriff Baker shares with Father Ward the story of a ,journal discovered in the ruins of what was once an elaborate koi pond and flower garden, which ,regales ,a tale of regret, buried pain, and unfulfilled debt. ,Father Ward reveals the story of a tortured man from the nearby town of Tahawus, ,who visited his confessional ,seeking solace from a ,cosmic horror he can never outrun.  , &ldquo,Sophan&rdquo, &ndash, Jake Burns has always been a bit...off. Rude, awkward, sometimes brutish, he',s tolerated by Nate Slocum and his friends because he hits a mean line drive, and because they all know but don',t discuss the abuse he ,faces at the hands of his troubled father, a Vietnam veteran consumed by his demons. But Jake is suffering something far worse than ,domestic abuse, and when Nate discovers what, he faces an impossible choice