The Deceiving (The Knowing #2)

The monster demon is BACK!
...and he’s had twenty-six years to plot his revenge.
More horrifying than any Hollywood-animated, computer-generated, mechanical unreality, the winged demon called an efreet will do anything to get what he wants. Pronounce that: An-y-thing

Defeated in 1985 by three twelve-year-olds, the monster returns determined to kill them. In The Knowing, the first book of the trilogy, he sends five demon-possessed men to murder Jack Carpenter, Becca Hawkins and Daniel Burke—the now-adult twelve-year olds whose memories of that childhood summer when they battled a monster have been erased. Against all odds, the three escape and survive—only to discover that the man possessed by the efreet has been nominated to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court.

In The Deceiving, the second book of The Knowing trilogy, the efreet has changed his tactics. He’s not trying to kill the three who defeated him anymore. In “less time than it takes to cook a pot roast” he totally devastates their lives instead—as payback, and to keep them too busy to oppose his court nomination. And the monster has other plans, too, unspeakable plans, uglier than any of them could possibly imagine.

In parallel storylines, the three twelve-year-olds battle the efreet during the summer of 1985 and their adult counterparts fight to keep a demon-possessed man from sitting on the highest court of the land in 2011.

The Deceiving is a heart-racing, page-turning paranormal suspense novel about ordinary people who don’t want to believe that angels and demons, monsters from hell, walk the earth among us every day. But they have no choice--because it’s true. If you enjoy a hard-hitting story with themes that will challenge what you believe about yourself, about life and reality, about good and evil and the whole nature of the universe, this book is for you.

Interview with the Author
Q - What makes The Deceiving a special?

A - It carries on the story of the characters readers adopted into their families in The Knowing: Book One. Not James Bond types who fight off six armed attackers at once without breaking a sweat, who never seem to run out of bullets or have a bad hair day. They're normal people who just want to live their ordinary lives in peace. But they can't. They've seen the invisible monsters that walk among us. And once you've seen ... As Theresa Washington says, "You can't un-know the truth. Once you know it, you're responsible for doin' somethin' about it."

Q - Why did you write a series?

A - Because the story was too big for 1 book. Even for 2. Writing a series gave me the chance to tell a sprawling tale of supernatural spiritual warfare and dark psychic suspense that spans a quarter of a century. A story peopled with folks you could bump carts with in a small town grocery store--so when the unexplainable starts to happen to them, you realize the same thing could happen to you, too.

Q - Why should readers give this book a try?

A - Because it’s a paranormal thriller that will sweep you up into the reality of a world you never dreamed existed, a reality so gripping you’ll decide the dirty dishes aren't going anywhere and the car will survive one more day without an oil change. Might not want to start this book at bedtime. Just sayin'...