The new, revised edition of Balak is now available from Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink in ebook and paperback. (The audiobook is the original version.)
"This revised edition of Stephen Mark Rainey’s first novel,
Balak (originally written in 1992), offers a cleaner version of the text and
includes some alterations to unify it with numerous other works that define
the author’s unique, four-decade-old mythos."
About Balak...
Two years ago, Claire Challis’s four-year-old son disappeared without a trace.
Now, on a cold winter morning, a neighbor’s child vanishes outside her
apartment. The subsequent police investigation turns up no clues.
Claire encounters a strange priest. An ancient church that seems to be the
site of unspeakable rituals. A shadowy figure that seems to appear and
disappear at will. And now, Claire finds herself at the center of a web of
intrigue—and in fear for her life. Still, she is determined to learn the truth
behind the abductions and learn once and for all the fate of her missing son.
As she delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, Claire realizes that her
quest may lead her not to the truth she seeks, but to a place of madness,
horror, and agony beyond her wildest imaginings.
Cover art by M. Wayne Miller.
