Rope Round the Neck
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Complete Mon, Oct 3, 201618m
**Best rank: #152 in Fantasy**
James Parker and his family are off to a vacation to Spain, seeking bliss and some distance from studies. What happens, thus, when the holiday ends before it even starts? What happens when the flight mysteriously sinks into oblivion mid-air, and James ends up being the lone survivor in a godforsaken place unknown? What happens when it is all up to James as he taken on the deathly challenges set by the Demon in honour of his late family.
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