Dark Road to Paradise

“Will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?” They are lines from the poet Walt Whitman, but for Cassie Edwards, they become something different entirely. Spoken to her by the man she loves, Martin Cabot—who is also one of the Night-Kind—what humanity calls vampires—the words frame a choice between certain death and eternal life. The year is 1991. Cassie Edwards has lived most of her life under a shadow—she has been HIV positive since a car accident when she was ten. At nineteen, she's finally getting out into the world, leaving her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee behind to start college at Auburn University. There are no guarantees for the future, she knows, but she's determined things are going to get better. Meeting Cassie by chance, Martin thinks that he may have found a way to escape the hold his own past has on him, and the horrors he left behind on the West Coast, where he first left behind the daylight life to claim a dark immortality. When Cassie’s illness takes hold at last, Martin must decide whether to tell her the truth about himself—a truth that will leave him exposed—and leave Cassie with a fateful choice. As if this weren't enough, the shadows of Martin's past aren't content to remain buried, and they are coming for him, and for Cassie. Enter a new world of supernatural horror and romance from Clay Gilbert, the author of the “Children of Evohe” science fiction series.

About the Author

Clay Gilbert's work in various genres has been in print since his first short science fiction story, "The Computer Conspiracy," was published in Scholastic magazine when he was just thirteen. He holds an M.A. in English literature from Auburn University, and an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from the University of South Carolina. Clay is the author of the science fiction novels Annah: Children of Evohe, Book One and Eternity, as well as the vampire novel Dark Road to Paradise. His current projects include the forthcoming Annah and the Exiles: Children of Evohe, Book Two and Annah and the Gates of Grace: Children of Evohe, Book Three. He has also served as the Chief Editor for PDMI Publishing, and has been a member of the volunteer staff for DragonCon in Atlanta. He lives and works in Knoxville, TN. His author blog can be found at https: //portalsandpathways.wordpress.com/ Visit the author's official website Children of Evohe novels www.childrenofevohe.com

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