Pen salesman Bernie Ward finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue, witchcraft, murder,

cannibalism, rape, torture, abductions, and a back-country power struggle after a mysterious

storm forces him to take refuge in a town that is trapped under a dark spell.

His only thought, day and night, is to return to his wife and the life they've built for themselves just a handful of miles away. But before he can do this, he is called upon to participate in the liberation of this town, formerly known as Matthew's Corner. It has been called Ever Dark, ever since the day that it fell under the control of an evil old sorcerer and his band of inbred misfits.

(C) 1996 Robert Segarra