Base Spirits
Base Spirits
Ruth Barrett (author)
Product Description
‘Murder has took this chamber with full hands
And will ne’er out as long as the house stands.’
~A Yorkshire Tragedy, Act I, Sc. v
In 1605, Sir Walter Calverley’s murderous rampage leaves a family shattered. The killer suffers a torturous execution… but is it truly the end? A noble Yorkshire house stands forever tarnished by blood and possessed by anguished spirits.
Some crimes are so horrific, they reverberate through the centuries.
As an unhappy modern couple vacation in the guesthouse at Calverley Old Hall, playwright Clara, and her scholar husband, Scott, unwittingly awaken a dark history. Clara is trapped and forced back in time to bear witness to a family’s bloody saga. Overtaken by the malevolent echoes, Scott is pushed over the edge from possessive husband to wholly possessed…
Inspired by a true-life drama in Shakespeare’s day, this is itself a play within a play: a supernatural thriller with a historical core.
Only one player can survive.
Product Details
Ebook
File Size: 505 KB
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Spirited Words Book Co.; 1 edition (September 2, 2011)
Language: English
ASIN: B005L38G8E
Available at Amazon.com and Smashwords.
Review
Dark Voices, October 16, 2011
By Sergeant Williams
This review is from: Base Spirits (Kindle Edition)
Ms. Barrett weaves a finely crafted tale of human darkness that combines well researched history with an unflinching gaze at abuse that we today often try to believe is a thing of the past. The historical portion of this tale could have come from the lurid headlines of today's newspapers.
The author has caught well the dark voices of madness in this ghost story. A real page turner.
