Companion Guide (Grave Danger) Page 3

  *Necropolis is located in Orlando. It is a real vampire friendly club.*

  The Spectral Services (S.S.):

  Those of the psychic persuasion are recruited by the Eidolon people to assist in day to day activities for the community. For legal reasons these living persons are used as middle men to ensure that all commercial and residential properties are owned by someone not dead. The dead cannot own property nor operate businesses without a living creature acting on their behalf. The S. S. workers are paid well and are highly respected friends and allies within the ghostly world.

  Those who have aspirations of joining must meet the required legal age of twenty-one, or have the closest kin of legal age, or guardian approve one year prior to induction. (Jackson was denied by his parents and would have had to wait until his twenty-first birthday to join. Unfortunately, he will never reach that auspicious age, ever.)

  List of some of the S.S. (Spectral Services) Members:

  S.S. (Spectral Services) Members (Relationship) S.S. Members Killed (2 month period)

  Madeline Connors Cynthia Walters

  Leah Moon (friend) Grayson Rogers

  Susan Fitzpatrick Lauren Adler

  Daniel Shuster

  Abigail Shuster

  Doreen Miller

  Candice Snow (sister) Mary-Ann Gills

  Kurt Nelson

  Michael Burn (wife) Nancy Burn

  Mi Sun Moon

  Hana Scott

  Jackson Connors – He is the grandson of Madeline (Maddy) Connors and spends most of his holidays and weekends at his grandmother’s house in St. Augustine. His parent’s house is in Daytona Beach, Florida. A senior in high school, he was unsure about his future. Jackson always had known he was different from his peers. His parents find it difficult to deal with their only child, and put most of their interest in their own lives. Friends with a witch, Leah Moon, and grandson to a woman with abilities as old as time, Jackson is well connected to the supernatural world. His story is fully revealed in Dead End – Book 2, where he meets Kasa Pamuya.

  Madeline Connors – Nicknamed Maddy by Henry when she was young, she houses the new locals who come to St. Augustine. Her place acts as a transition area for the newly deceased. Her abilities out defy most of the other S.S. members, and Eidolon people. Her grandson has adopted many of these gifts. (More will be revealed in Dead End – Book 2)

  Korean Spiritualism:

  Shamanism – A term derived from the Tungus language in Northeast Asia for the term spirit mediums. These individuals who practice healing rituals help their human community live in harmony with themselves, nature, the ancestors, and the spiritual powers in the heavens and through the earth and underworld. This term which you may have heard in Native American terminology has been adopted around the world to refer to people who deal in these religious practices. In the Korean language, a spirit medium is termed a mudang or mansin. They are revered as wise teachers and elders. Many times, these practices are blended with the faith of Buddhism. Most Korean shamans are women. Shamanism is likely the oldest indigenous spiritual system of holistic healing within Korean culture.

  The ritual of spirit marriage is conducted to resolve problems of distress from unhappy spirits. (Example: a marriage between a living man and his deceased fiancé, or two deceased people from different families. The ghosts were experiencing distress in the afterlife which caused distress for their families.

  The Death Bokor/Death Dealer:

  Vodou practitioners – The Bokor is a living person who is able to manipulate and control the undead creatures known as zombies. For the purposes of this world there has been created a sub-order within this religious practice, the Death Bokor/ Death Dealer. Vodou should not be confused with the practices of voodoo or hoodoo, which are traditions, practical magick, found in portions of Louisiana and Southern Florida. Vodou is the religious practice. The Death Bokor is a warrior-like force that has dedicated his/her life to return these creatures to their graves. Still a bokor, they are able to create these creatures and because they are human are easily corruptible.

  Bokors and Death Bokors (Grave Danger)

  Elmira

  Olivier Prince

  Clarissa Schofield

  Excerpt:

  This is the second book in the series which begins several months later after Jackson’s death. Those who have already read Grave Danger will recall an explained encounter between the LeMoyne brothers and another ‘otherworldly’ force. That encounter will be explained further in this work. Everything in a story has a purpose. Happy reading.

  Dead End