John Wilkes Booth's insane plot to murder President Lincoln with a paranormal twist and a devoted heroine.
John Wilkes Booth planned to kidnap President Lincoln several times, with bungled results. He made the snap decision to murder the president at Ford's Theater and cooked up an elaborate plot with his cohorts. During his plotting, a malevolent spirit begins to haunt him and drive him to the brink of insanity.
Meanwhile he falls in love with Alice Grey, a beautiful actress who's hired by the government to spy on him. She's torn between her love for him and her duty to prevent the president from assassination.
Excerpt
“And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I; Brutus, my country's friend; know me for Brutus!" Booth declared to the proud reflections in his three facing mirrors.
The center mirror clouded over. Puzzled, he leaned into it to peer closer. His reflection faded as if the mirror were clear glass, and another human form took shape, becoming sharper as the mist faded. He was astonished to be looking into the face of a man whose eyes bored into his, pinning him with an unnerving stare. Booth took a step back, glancing to the left, then to the right, but his own reflections were moving right along with him. He focused once more on the stranger in the center, the Roman nose giving the weathered features distinction. He’d seen this face before, but where?
The head nodded and the hint of a pleased smile curled the thin lips. Without so much as a word, the figure faded into the mirror’s eternal depths, and Booth was once again looking at his own astonished face.
“Damn you! Who are you?” He pounded the mirror and it wavered, his image jerking back and forth with the moving glass.
Exasperated, he turned away.
“I’ll find out who you are if I die doing it.” He twirled around to face the mirror, seeing only his three perplexed reflections.
Professional Reviews
Historical Fiction and Supernatural Thriller Fantastically Blended!
A friend of mine who is a Civil War nut got me into Abraham Lincoln and his assassination, so I came to this book with a healthy interest in the history behind it but I wasn’t at all prepared for the fantasy twist it takes. However, the writing was so phenomenal that I was drawn into the plot before I could even question whether I was reading historical fiction or a supernatural thriller. And I found myself quite enjoying the paranormal aspect!
A Necessary End
i recommend this book for any one who is interested in history. I will re-read this book as it is so interesting.
Conspiracy Theorists Will Love
I have a huge love of history. This book gave me so many things to think about, and so many people I waned to know more about- that my head is spinning. Right after I finished the book, I was on google, looking up as much as I could for the Lincoln/Booth story. I am quite taken with the people John Wilkes Booth interacted with- the paranormal seer Nettie, Alice Grey, and of course, I was obsessed with the thought that Tumblety could be linked to Jack the Ripper as well. Makes me want to read more about this tumultuous period in time. I love the perspective, and love the originality. I always wish there could be more...great trip to the past!
I wrote this novel several years ago, I self published and never had it to sell. I have decided to rewrite it and hope to get it published within a few months for people to be able to buy. I had a few copies and gave them to a few family members and
