From The Ashes
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Last published Tue, Jun 3, 2025
A darkness is looming in Silver Creek.
When a serial killer, The Reaper, terrorizes a small town in Montana, two teenagers, Phoenix Sterling and her best friend Fiona are targeted. After a failed murder attempt, Phoenix and Fiona must uncover a darker truth, and prevent his next murders.
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