J Christopher Hardin

Summoning of the Mansion J Christopher Hardin

John T. Rovertin led an exciting but dangerous life, first as a World War One infantryman, then as a Chicago gangster, bootlegging during Prohibition. He'd never planned to kill his associates, but after his crew murdered a group of children, he'd had no choice. Fleeing Chicago with his blissfully naïve wife and all the money he could grab, he was subconsciously led to a remote spot in southeast Tennessee, by the being that had given his boss power. Many decades later, three children running from horrible lives stumble upon the sanctuary John built to protect himself from both his old mob outfit and the law. But he had even bigger secrets than his past to hide. The spirit that led John Rovertin still lives, and has ambitious plans for the new arrivals. Summoning of the Mansion provides the first installment of the story of three desperate children who must rely on each other for survival as they run from bullies of all ages, child protective services, and a county homicide detective. But what about the even greater enemy within the walls of this secluded mansion, deep in the woods? And why did it choose them?