Out of The Light

About the Book

Archaeologists, excavating a Mayan settlement in Honduras, inadvertently release a deadly entity that feeds on pain and death.  The entity blazes a fiery, bloody trail through Central America, ending up on a cargo ship bound for the US.  Once there, it makes its way to a small town near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The entity is seeking a permanent, human host and finds one in Roger Phillips, a security guard.  Roger has an interesting family history which makes him a perfect and willing host for the Other, as he calls the entity.  He begins to inflict his newfound powers on the town of Aronston.

Colette Walls, an adventurous and attractive woman, initially finds Roger, in the guise of the Other, irresistible.  Slowly she realizes that she is dealing with something beyond the ordinary.  She enlists the help of her boss and lover, Darren Keller, in stopping Roger.

The linchpin of the story is Levi Faber, the oldest citizen of Aronston who knows all the details of the town’s sometimes-dark history.  He also has the gift of “second sight”, which he uses to identify Roger as the conduit of the evil overwhelming the town.

About the Author

Holly Newstein and Ralph Bieber met on the Internet and discovered that they shared an interest in writing sci-fi and horror. Since then, they have been writing horror novels and short stories together for the last several years. Out of the Light is their first novel. They are married, but not to each other. Ms. Newstein lives in Reading, Pennsylvania with her husband and two young sons. Mr. Bieber lives in Palmyra, Pennsylvania with his wife and teenaged son and daughter.