Demons (Paperback)

Barry C.K. Smith

ISBN 13: 9798170558940

Published by Independently Published, 2026

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Paperback. Demons: Dark SpiritDavid Collins thought the worst was behind him. Karishma is dead. The cave in Arkansas is buried. His wife is alive, his family whole. But peace, it turns out, was never part of the bargain. When a woman appears aboard his ship - chained, ancient, and carrying secrets even David isn't prepared to hear - he learns that Karishma's death was never the end of the story. Something older reached into that cave before he did. Something patient enough to wait a lifetime for its due. The trail leads north, into the frozen dark of the Alaskan interior, where a mining camp has been emptied of thirty men without a single drop of blood left behind. What waits at the source of that horror is older than the demons David has already faced - old enough to remember when the world had different names for the things that hunted in it. But the true cost of this journey isn't paid in that valley. It's paid at home, in a secret David never asked to carry and never wanted to learn - a truth about his own son that will test every bond he thought unbreakable. And when an old enemy from across an ocean decides David owes a debt he never agreed to, the price comes due in the one currency David can't refuse to pay. By the time the snow melts, David Collins will have buried an ancient evil, confronted a truth that could break his family for good, and discovered exactly how much of himself he's willing to lose to keep the people he loves alive. Some spirits do not rest. They wait. And in the frozen dark, every road leads toward the same reckoning.Demons: Dark Spirit is the second novel in the Demons series, following Demons: The Pale Rider. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Demons (Paperback)
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798170558940
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Demons: Dark Spirit
David Collins thought the worst was behind him. Karishma is dead. The cave in Arkansas is buried. His wife is alive, his family whole. But peace, it turns out, was never part of the bargain. When a woman appears aboard his ship — chained, ancient, and carrying secrets even David isn't prepared to hear — he learns that Karishma's death was never the end of the story. Something older reached into that cave before he did. Something patient enough to wait a lifetime for its due. The trail leads north, into the frozen dark of the Alaskan interior, where a mining camp has been emptied of thirty men without a single drop of blood left behind. What waits at the source of that horror is older than the demons David has already faced — old enough to remember when the world had different names for the things that hunted in it. But the true cost of this journey isn't paid in that valley. It's paid at home, in a secret David never asked to carry and never wanted to learn — a truth about his own son that will test every bond he thought unbreakable. And when an old enemy from across an ocean decides David owes a debt he never agreed to, the price comes due in the one currency David can't refuse to pay. By the time the snow melts, David Collins will have buried an ancient evil, confronted a truth that could break his family for good, and discovered exactly how much of himself he's willing to lose to keep the people he loves alive. Some spirits do not rest. They wait. And in the frozen dark, every road leads toward the same reckoning.
Demons: Dark Spirit is the second novel in the Demons series, following Demons: The Pale Rider.