True Horror

Sam is the youngest scion in a wealthy, well-placed family. There's only one problem. He is not satisfied with his inheritance. He wants to rule the world, and he'll do anything to succeed. When he is visited by a minion of hell who offers him exactly what he wants, he cannot resist the chance to make a deal...with a plan to beat the Devil.

Daniel Marlowe built a cross between heaven and hell in his mansion. Atop the manse, in the room on the 13th floor, say a demonic being charged with the protection of the mansion, its inhabitants, and the town that grew around it. The 12 remaining floors were a cross between the Elysian Fields and Olympus...a vision of paradise on Earth. Below, lay Tartarus. This, he built for his beloved. When his beloved is murdered and her sister takes her place, Daniel knew that evil was afoot.

Scientists send a message into space seeking intelligent life. What arrives is not what they expected. As civilization is slowly destroyed, it is up to a ragtag group of friends to pull the remnants of the human race together in order to defeat the parasitic aliens....

Carl, reeling from the death of his brother, is drowning in visions. Followed by shadow men through the crumbling outer regions of the city. Unable to trust those closest to him. Doubting his own reality. As a wave of brutal, ritualistic gangland killings sweeps through the underworld, Carl’s involvement with a life he thought he had left behind catches up with him, with terrifying results.