The Devouring

Prepare to be scared... A terrifying new series that fans of Darren Shan will die for.

Simon Holt is based in Chicago. This is his first novel.

'The Dark seeps in and eats the light, so bury your fear on Sorry Night. 
 
For in the winter's darkest hours, comes the feasting of the Vours' 
 
On the longest night of the year, Reggie and Aaron dare each other to test the legend of Sorry Night. But what they thought was a midnight game has awakened something evil, something relentless, and something unstoppable. 
 
Your worst fear is here...

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Beware the darkness and the light. 
They will steal your soul in day or night. 
In summer's warmth or winter's cold 
Your life will end when the Vours take hold. 
In the fearscape no one can hear you cry, 
And in its depth your soul will die. 
 
Reggie Halloway thought she was finished with the Vours - the demons who had possessed her brother, Henry - forever. She'd once faced them in a deathly battle for Henry's soul and now she wants to forget them. But Quinn, the Vour she left at the bottom of a lake, is back. 
 
And he is not alone.

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