Publisher's Synopsis
Be sure to buckle-up for a Mister Toad's wild ride of the imagination by poet-novelist, Jon Christopher. A cast of colorful characters will keep you engrossed throughout Angel's journey in Book One of the Angel O'Hara (Demon-Slayer) Saga. October, 31st, 1949. Flying in fog off the coast of Maine, a two-hundred-and-twenty-year-old Hungarian Vampire Bat (and former Miss Budapest), named Szah Zhah Kopeck, crashes on the roof of the lighthouse keeper, Paddy and Sarah O'Hara. When the O'Hara's answer the knock at their door, they find a diminutive, dark-haired beauty, with violet eyes and a curious accent asking for help. Later, when the O'Hara's nine-year-old daughter, Angel, returns from a night of trick-or-treating on her birthday, she finds her parents brutally murdered. It is only the intervention of a former Marine, Jonny Fiain, a hunted criminal and the lifelong friend of Angel's parents that prevents Angel from certain death. Jonny whisks Angel and her dog, Whiskey, away to safety across the border, into Canada. Far from safe, however, forces of darkness are being marshalled to come after them. What follows is non-stop action and humor that offers a unique glimpse back, into the past, from the 1700s through the 1940s.
