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    Acceptance: Shadow at the Edge of Day and Night
    Acceptance: Shadow at the Edge of Day and Night
    Acceptance: Shadow at the Edge of Day and Night
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    Acceptance: Shadow at the Edge of Day and Night

    By Andrew Souza

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    While serving, Andrew witnessed many interesting places and things, some of which had to be written down. This particular mystery-thriller takes place in Brommer County, Missouri. Where two lawless riders were responsible for all the mayhem and carnage dealt to the nearby communities; their foul actions were done solely out of spite and greed, but unbeknownst to them, their deeds would eventually catch up with them.

    Many years later, four young adults headed to a concert they believed would be the best one yet. On their way to the show, they noticed some things werent quite right. The young group initially thought they were lost, but soon found that was not the case at all. Not much later, it was revealed to them the reason behind their misfortune. While signs to turn back were being boldly displayed, their egos were too big to notice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMar 18, 2011
    ISBN9781456711443
    Acceptance: Shadow at the Edge of Day and Night
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    Andrew Souza

    Andrew served in the US Air force, and while serving he earned a Bachelor’s from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Presently, he is working on his MBA with Nova Southeastern University. Writing is a new passion for Andrew. Armed with a new passion, enthusiasm, and his delightfully warped mind; he feels that he has a few things to say, and a few stories to tell; and what better way than to put it in print. Andrew does have more ideas brewing, who knows, maybe a sequel.

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      ACCEPTANCE: SHADOW AT THE EDGE OF DAY AND NIGHT by Andrew Souza is an inter sting paranormal mystery/thriller set in Brommer County, Missouri.. It is well written with depth and details. It is told from things in the past to things in the present.As four young adults head to a concert they think will be the best yet.If they only know what they would encounter they would have stayed home on that fateful night.Given sign they should turn back they ignored them,their ego where just to big to follow the signs. The past adventure if you what to call it that takes place when two lawless riders is responsible for mayhem and carnage to family,lawman,innocent young women,murder,and unspeakable deeds to nearby communities.Unknown to them their deeds would eventually catch up not only to them but their descendants.This is where the four adults come into play.This is a fast paced story with twists and turns as you learn why these adults are being stalked.The illustrations are awesome throughout this book.An interesting story of good vs evil.I will leave you with a message from this book "If we think back far enough,we would realize that just about everything has a beginning and an end,and when it does end,sooner or later it begins all over again. History and stories,they seem to repeat"(page 142 of Acceptance by Andrew Souza).This is what this story seems to be about.Stories that could be retold through generations,in the dark at night. Scary night for this is a little scary.A great,quick read. This book was received for the purpose of review from Bostick Communications and the author and details can be found at AuthorHouse and My Book Addiction Reviews.

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    Acceptance - Andrew Souza

    ACCEPTANCE

    Shadow at the Edge of Day and Night

    ANDREW SOUZA

    Illustrations by Chris Birkenstock and Brett Schmidt

    AuthorHouse™

    1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200

    Bloomington, IN 47403

    www.authorhouse.com

    Phone: 1-800-839-8640

    © 2011 Andrew Souza. All rights reserved.

    No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

    First published by AuthorHouse 3/15/2011

    ISBN: 978-1-4389-1209-7 (hc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4389-1210-3 (sc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4567-1144-3 (e)

    Printed in the United States of America

    Contents

    Chapter 1

    Sunrise

    Lawless Deeds

    With Interest

    Chapter 2

    Black Smoke

    Beer Run

    Crazy Man

    Chapter 3

    Shortcut

    Invitation

    The Mistake We All Make

    Chapter 4

    Nice Deed

    The Threshold

    Chapter 5

    Fire It Up!

    Catch the 7:30

    Hang On, Mister

    Chapter 6

    The Map Says …

    Twelve o’clock

    Déjà vu

    Information, Please

    Third Time Is the Charm

    Chapter 7

    Back Track

    Hell on My Back

    Midnight Stroll

    Chapter 8

    Who’s Next?

    Light at the End of the …

    Not the Sunrise yet

    Amanda’s Not Here

    Chapter 9

    Damien’s Surrender

    Three Hells

    Yesterday Has No Future

    Acceptance

    Again

    The End?

    Chapter 1

    Sunrise

    First light had just broken. Birds were chirping, a mild breeze was blowing, and an earthy smell lingered in the air. At the bottom of a hill that looked like an excavated half-moon, there was a house.

    The sun was shining across the porch, and the sounds of steps were coming from inside the house. Since the house had no windows, it was impossible to know what or who was creating the noise.

    The door opened slowly, and someone started to walk out of the house. As the person moved slowly out of the house, it became evident that this person was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a white T-shirt, a gold watch, and a necklace with a round, golden medallion. He was a black man who seemed to be in his mid-thirties, and the look on his face expressed a little confusion. Perhaps he had drunk a little more than usual the night before and wandered into a stranger’s house.

    Anyone outside looking in would wonder where his vehicle was. Since there was no sign of another settlement anywhere nearby, it was odd that even though the look on his face was of confusion, he didn’t look worried.

    The man’s clothing and skin had smoke coming off of them, as if he had been in a fire. The man patted himself down to put out the smoke. He looked up at the sunrise, squinting his right eye while putting both hands up to cover his face from the bright sun.

    The man took one deep breath and said to himself, Huh! That was interesting.

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    Lawless Deeds

    The date was February 29, 1874. The sun was high, scorching, and bright, making the smell of manure almost unbearable. The sight of nothingness on a sandy horizon inspired uncomfortable feelings of isolation.

    Get in the house, now! Tommy said.

    Tommy was a lawless rider in an old town in Missouri. Tommy was of average height, though a little heavy for his stature, with dark black hair and a thick mustache curling upward at both ends. A brown-and-white purebred horse that Tommy had made his when he broke his friend from jail was one of his few companions, along with a few thugs and his best pal, Henry.

    Henry was the muscle of the bunch. He was a little pudgy and shorter than Tommy, but could fight a bull if needed. He had messy dirty-blonde hair and a thick beard.

    As the bandits shoved a family with four children into a varnished log house, they told them to hurry up, laughing at what they were doing. The house had only one way in and one way out. The family was the Tornies, a bank owner and his wife and kids.

    One of the Tornie children asked Tommy why he was doing this to them. He even went so far as to say that the Tornies were children of God, and God would not be happy when He found out what Tommy had done to them. Tommy told them to ask their father the reason behind their fate. At that moment, one of Tommy’s guys closed and locked the door.

    After the door was locked and all the windows were barred, Henry told one of the guys to spread straw all around the premises of the old, falling-apart wooden shack and start a fire.

    Tommy and Henry walked away as they heard the pleas for help coming from the inside of the house. Though they heard the children crying and begging for mercy, Tommy and Henry kept walking away, feeling no remorse.

    The house caught on fire quickly. In a matter of a few minutes, all the walls around were burning, and the whole house was engulfed in flames and smoke. After seeing the fire had caught, the group of bandits rushed away before anyone could see them.

    When Brommer County Sheriff Billy The Boar McNic showed up, he rushed to see if there was anyone inside, only to find the family was no longer alive. The flames and contaminated air had already poisoned their lungs.

    The house the lawless bandits had set on fire was only a few minutes ride away from the bank. They arrived at the bank, tied their horses, kicked the doors wide open, and shot anyone inside who could possibly put a strain on their plans.

    A guard noticed the commotion. Hiding behind a big wooden box, he pulled out his gun and shot Henry, grazing his shoulder. Without any hesitation, Tommy drew his gun and shot the guard back, hitting the center of his head. The man fell backward dead.

    Dang, that was a nice shot, Henry said excitedly.

    Tommy and Henry slowly walked up to the counter that all the clerks were hiding beneath. Tommy leaned over and shouted, Getcha ass up!

    All the clerks got up slowly. To Tommy and Henry’s amazement, there was a girl in the midst. She was shaking in fear. When Tommy approached her and asked her name, she replied in a trembling voice that she was Caroline. The bandits demanded she give them the money, but the girl, stricken in fear, tried to do the right thing. Caroline cried that if she gave them the money, she would get fired. She hoped the villains would be understanding of her plea.

    Tommy wasn’t pleased with Caroline’s answer, he aimed his gun toward one of the other clerks and, again without hesitation, pulled the trigger. The man was murdered with a single shot to the head. Tommy looked at Caroline and told her he didn’t want to kill anyone else, so she should tell him where the money was.

    It seemed as if Caroline was not acting like herself. She realized it was more important to live than to risk being fired, although she was still extremely frightened.

    No one knows for sure how, but even though Caroline was virtually incoherent with fear, she managed to grab the key to the door where the money was kept. Some would say that instinct took over. Then she let Tommy through the door toward the vault.

    Caroline was still crying. In a trembling voice, she asked Tommy if she could go home.

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    With Interest

    Two months after the arson incident, Sheriff Billy McNic was still looking for the villains, even in the most remote places. Billy was so determined to find them that he vowed he would turn over every

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