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Alex was Ian's five-year-old son: brilliant, earnest, and compassionate. He is dead now, but Ian can't let him go. When his wife urges him to move on, he drives her away. His performance at work collapses; his friends leave him. Six months later, alone in an empty house, Ian starts to see his son again.

Every vision is a repeat of something the boy said or did in life: aching memories replaying themselves for Ian's eyes alone. Are these images of Alex real? Has Ian's son found a way back, to forgive or condemn his father? Or has Ian's sorrow metastasized into psychosis?

With a masterful hand, best-selling Kindle Horror author Adam J. Nicolai paints a picture of grief, madness, and the furious strength of a father's love for his son.

©2011 Adam J. Nicolai (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary

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Ian is having difficulty letting go of the murder of his 5-year-old son, Alex. As a result, his marriage crumbles, his performance at work suffers, and his friends all abandon him. Ian eventually finds himself alone - and then the hauntings start. Five-time AudioFile Earphones Award winner Mark Vietor expresses an entire range of emotions and tones flawlessly, using actual shifts in personality rather than vocal tricks for each character. Listeners will wonder whether Ian's visions of his son are a sign of psychosis or whether Alex is trying to contact him from the grave.
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Extremely emotive story, hard to listen to at times, gut wrenchingly awful and harrowing , but at the same time intensely beautiful and joyful
Made me smile, it scared and sickened me and I was a sobbing wreck at the end.
A very brave choice regarding the subject of child abduction and death, this has no fairy tale ending with the hero saving the day, bad men really do these unspeakable acts

Brave subject matter, pain full and poignant

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This book was good and interesting in parts. It was quite sad I personally wouldn't say this was horror, more paranormal. The narrator did a very good job😉😂😀

Good

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saying I loved it sounds wrong taking in the subject but I did. Couldn't wait to finish it, didn't want it to end.

Harrowing but unputdownable.

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I don't often write reviews on audible, but.. WOW. This is the best book I've read in years, I listen to so many books and I honestly felt like I've read all the good ones, and then found this. It's a very well written, easily followed, very well narrated book. Its incredibly sad at the beginning and I wasn't sure where the book was going, or what direction the main character Ian would follow., and then everything clicks and comes together. Although it may seem like it to begin with, its not a ghost story, its not a horror or a haunting or mental health book, its just something better. It will freak you out, make you cry, make you smile and make you NOT want to turn it off. I was especially happy to know that it wasn't a silly ending like the build up of so many good books, and all the questions I had were answered. "I'll just call for you, Daddy" and "I don't like your black hat, the eyes scare me" gave me goosebumps when you realised why. Read it, keep going even if it gets heavy, I promise you won't waste your credit!

Excellent narration too, I'll look for more books from the same author and same narrator. I can't wait for the authors next book!

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Wow. The best book I've listened to in years

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