Hello! I was super bored so I decided to post this now. Normally I am going to post on Sundays.
SPOILER WARNING! Takes place at the beginning of the first book. There spoilers for the end of Hollow City and the first half of The Map of Days, however, they are minor. SPOILER WARNING!
Question of the Week - What are some good short book recommendations?
"No, no, no, no!" muttered Abe. He paced around in his office, a familiar pull at his stomach. A hollowgast. A vicious creature who would love to sink his teeth into the juicy flesh of his grandson, Jacob. 'Never,' thought Abe. 'You have taken so many, but you will not take him.' Abe looked to the hidden entrance to his safe room, and then to the direction of the hollowgast. Either he hide, and leave his grandson to the hollow, or sacrifice himself by leading the hollow away. Abe did not have to think about it for a moment. Momentarily, he cursed his son for taking the key to the gun cabinet, but there was nothing to do now. He snatched up the sharpest thing he could find, a letter opener. (Those who are forgetful can do stuff without fully realizing what they are doing. Abe is believed by his family to have Alzheimer's. That is why there are no knives.)
He went out the back door into the woods. The pull on him grew stronger, and Abe began to feel nauseous. He then heard it crushing the underbrush. Then he saw the tongues, searching. Abe breathed in deeply. He knew it was the end. These days his joints ached and his eyesight had worsened. 'One day you will understand Jacob. I love you.'
