Summer vacation may never be the same.
It’s all fun and games until a smelly ghost, and a terrifying shape shifting entity follow Lucy home from the flea market. When a malevolent spirit learns Lucy is the keeper of an artifact he has been searching for millennia to find, everyone she loves is placed in danger. With several other magical artifacts which were in the trunk she purchased from the vendor at the flea market, Lucy finds she has access to powers she never knew existed.
The Spectrescope has shown her a beguiling other world reality filled with magic, spirits, wizards, and daemons. The artifact is the key to unlocking many secrets. Secrets, that if not kept, would mean destruction for the world beyond the portal, and possibly her own. Whether she likes it or not, she must decide. Will she protect the artifact? Or will she give it up to protect herself?
Lucy has been chosen, but evil is strong.
And the night has secrets of its own.
Christian Mystery Fiction is a favorite genre of mine. Young Adult is not normally a genre I read, but I was intrigued by the Synopsis of this book. The Ghost of Darwin Stewart by L.G. Nixon is Book 1 in The Issachar Gatekeeper Series.
I will admit it took me a bit to get into the Storyline, but by Chapter 2 I was really getting into the story. The 2 main characters of the book are Lucy and her friend Schuyler. Lucy is only 13 and found an interesting artifact at a Flea Market and buy it. The rest of the story is how Lucy is followed by a Ghost who wants the artifacts that Lucy purchased. I really LOVE how strong Lucy and Schuyler are throughout the book as the ward off the Ghost that is following them. The author does a great job at keeping a faith message in this book. The book is really showing how as Christians we are going to have to battle demons and have good things come to us. Good vs. Evil comes to mind throughout this book. I would HIGHLY recommend this book for the age group of 12 and up. GREAT BOOK!
LG Nixon fuses a page-turning fantasy with a haunting theme and turns it into a spirit filled adventure with quirky and likeable characters the whole family can enjoy. Her stories are lighthearted but carry an underlying message of the importance of a Biblical worldview.
As a child and young teen, LG continuously wrote stories in her spare time, but during the college classes she took in journalism and writing, LG soon discovered a latent talent for writing. After a long career in office management, she left the workplace behind, and turned to writing.
After growing up in a creaky old house with a grandmother who told stories of ghostly visitors, LG naturally gravitated toward the mysterious. Today, she enjoys writing stories filled with mystery, suspense, and other worldly wisdom. She researches and writes full-time from her home in Michigan where she prowls the night looking for ghosts and spirits, and has a haunting good time doing it.
She is always in search of the perfect cup of coffee, the softest afghan, a good book and a quiet corner. She also loves to ski, ride motorcycles, travel, and fly small planes.
Discussion Questions and Scripture References
The Author answers questions about Christians and Ghosts
The Author answers questions about Christians and Ghosts
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