Testing the Prisoner

Redemption only comes once in an after lifetime.

Daniel Masenda thought he had made peace with his dark past when he left his home for a better life fourteen years ago. As the mayor of a small, tranquil town along Virginia's Eastern Shore, Daniel has everything he ever wanted-until a series of haunting visions, coupled with the death of his estranged mother, pits him against two ghostly entities at war with one another. Each has its own agenda as they force Daniel to relive moments from his violent youth and push him to the edge of insanity. As his idyllic life begins to unravel, will he be able to decipher the message behind the hauntings before they destroy not only him, but the soul of someone he left behind?

"A darkly personal supernatural psycho-thriller ... Phil Giunta confronts the blurred border between love and hate hidden within the human heart in this promising, ultimately hopeful first novel." -Howard Weinstein, NYT Bestselling author

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