Children of Fire by Chris DiLeo - The consequences may be more than one soul can bear.

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A Man with Nothing Left

Former detective Landon Rowe has lost everything—his child, his wife, his career. He’s a man without purpose, but he’s always believed in doing what’s right, even helping his ex’s husband.

A Cop with Something to Prove

Rowe’s ex-wife has fled with her new son to a religious cult in western New York where a charismatic and dangerous zealot, Eamon Fischer, preaches not baptism by water but by flames. Unable to do anything for the infant son who died years ago, Rowe agrees to infiltrate the Children of Fire cult and rescue the boy.

A Detective Out of Practice

It should be simple—find the kid and leave—but Fischer and his followers are anything but simple. When events turn deadly, Rowe will have no choice but to take on the entire cult to save the boy and himself.

A Child of Fire

To rescue his ex-wife’s child, Rowe will have to confront his own trauma, a crucible that will challenge everything he knows. What is the truth behind his broken career, his failed marriage, and his dead son? For Landon Rowe, it will be a baptism by fire and the consequences may be more than one soul can bear.

About Chris DiLeo

DiLeo is the author of nine novels. He is a high school English teacher in New York’s Hudson Valley, and a member of the Horror Writers Association.

DiLeo’s fondness for the unquiet coffin was fostered by an academic father whose love of the macabre brought local notoriety every Halloween when he transformed the DiLeo lawn into a haunted graveyard. In death, DiLeo’s father left behind a coffin-shaped bookcase containing his favorite horror novels.

Ever since DiLeo inherited that coffin, he has been enthralled by (and afraid of) the chaos lurking beneath the commonplace, the horrors of men and the supernatural.

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Praise for DiLeo’s work:

“Chris DiLeo is a remarkable writer, with a clear ability to evoke character, conjure dread — and to do whatever it is that drives the reader to keep turning the pages, one by one, and faster and faster.”

Michael Marshall, NY Times bestselling author of The Intruders, and The Straw Men

“THE DEVIL VIRUS does what the best supernatural fiction must—ground the terror in the human heart. Chris DiLeo delivers a story of faith and fear with a skilled, steady hand. Follow him into the dark!”

Michael Koryta, NY Times bestselling author of If She Wakes and The Prophet

“THE DEVIL VIRUS is out now and deeply creepy! Check it out if you like your horror thoughtful and, um, horrific.”

–Kelly Braffet, author of Save Yourself

“[W]orthwhile, imaginative, [and] creepy. […] DiLeo has powerful writing chops and original ideas. I’d definitely read more from this author.”

Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann

“A welcome new entry into the world of supernatural fiction. DiLeo enters the dark without flinching and delivers the goods.”

Scott Nicholson, bestselling author of The Red Church

Amazon reviewers are saying, “DiLeo’s horror skills are undeniable. He’s a master of suspense and understands the parameters and power of the monsters he’s created . . . [DiLeo’s] prose is first-rate and engaging . . . [It’s] like reading a horror movie . . . [With] deftly blend[ed] suspense, action . . . Dark, dramatic, and thoroughly chilling . . . [You’ll be] grabbed by the first page until the very last word . . . Disturbing and perturbing, and rampantly unsettling . . . [There will be] nightmares for a lot of us . . . DiLeo is definitely on the very dark and disturbing side of the scale.”

About Bleeding Edge Books

Bleeding Edge Books is a small publisher of horror and dark fiction of all permutations with a focus on anthologies and novellas. Our goal is to bring you meticulously crafted books that feature popular and established authors as well as new and emerging voices. We believe fiction should be a visceral experience. We seek to engage you, unsettle you, amaze you, break your heart, and piece it back together, leaving you forever changed.