The Guardian of Threshold (2012)

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Love survives everything... even death. Unfortunately, so does hate. When Mark wants to see his dead mother again... he gets his chance. But, like everything else in life... it comes at a hefty price. While normal sixteen-year-old boys are out chasing girls, Mark is floating outside his own body being chased by a nefarious demon. Death itself can't keep him from trying to see his dead mother again, but when he disturbs Phasma-the Guardian of Threshold, he may have gone too far. Forced into Threshold--the mystical world of the dead--to rescue his clumsy best friend; Mark will not only have to defeat Phasma and his army of Night Dwellers, but his own demons if he's going to save his friend, find his mother and survive the night. How far would you go to see a dead loved one again? "A fantastic and unforgettable journey into the astral realm." The Guardian of Threshold is about 90,000 words or about 360 pages long. From the Inside Flap INTRODUCTION TO THRESHOLD Threshold is a world of unsurpassed beauty; a place where the laws of physics breakdown; a world ruled by a delicate balance between good and evil, where many wonders and mysteries are just waiting to be discovered; a world where dreams and realities wed and become entangled. Change one, and you will inevitably change the other. PHASMA Phasma Frax or 'Guardian of the Threshold', as he is commonly known on Earth by the few that had the misfortune to have met him, preferred to live his days hidden, far away from prying eyes. When he first arrived in Threshold he needed a place where he could remain unseen for days and months at the time. For that purpose alone he allied himself with the 'Night Dwellers' and made one of the endless caves below Nightfalls City his home. Hidden deep inside the 'Cave of Sorrows' conglomerate, he would finally be able to put his secret plans into action. In return Phasma would provide the Night Dwellers with the protection from outsiders they so desperately sought. From the Back Cover DIRECTIONS IN THRESHOLD Threshold does not exist in the same realm as you and I. Threshold exists in a different dimension, the dimension where all souls came from and where they all go back to when they die. Threshold is located in a place simply called "the astral" by its inhabitants-a much rarefied and ethereal realm. According to the very successful and much talked about book " Threshold Natural History - A Dying Master's Works - Volume Four ", here is what one would need to know about Threshold ; An overlooked and very important unknown fact that many unprepared travelers or outsiders-as we like to call them--fail to realize is that, directions in Threshold are very different from the norm; Never-existing, were weird names such: East West North South Instead they came up with very useful and original names, a rough correlation would be: DaySide ( East ) NightSide ( West ) UpSide ( North ) Downside ( South ) Here is an example how this system works; a sea that is seen in DaySide is usually called DaySea while the sea that prevails in NightSide would be called NightSea . DAYSEA Talking about DaySea, now, that's a sight to behold, its vast and dreamy emerald-green waters filled with calming waves and tranquil tides at the shore but unrelenting and mighty in its core. So much so that would shy away the most experienced of sailors in the off-season. DAYBEACH DayBeach on the other hand was covered with natural cotton-like sand, with the exception of the occasional giant rock that spread across its vast beaches. Upon close inspection of the enigmatic patterns left on the sand, traces of the local wildlife would be evident. On an average day a surreal and majestic melody fills the air around DayBeach, in fact the wind is the only orchestrator of this beautiful work of art. At any given day it is possible to hear up to five distinctive songs emanating from various hollow points in the rocks throughout the beach. The soothing music is played as the wind speed the beach zi