The Covenant Sacrifice by Lee Allen Howard
When the dead return to abduct the living, the living turn into monsters.
Jarod Huntingdon wants more than anything to start a family, yet he’s unable to commit to his girlfriend and isn’t sure why. When the father of his childhood best friend passes away, Jarod returns home to the remote rural community of Annastasis Creek. A violent rainstorm blocks roads and disrupts communication with the outside world, trapping everyone in the valley. One by one, the residents go missing. Can Jarod save his friend and vanquish what the screaming cicadas have awoken?
LGBTQ horror, religious horror, folk horror, cult horror, occult horror, supernatural horror, creature horror, rural horror, gay romance, coming out story.
Reviews of Lee Allen Howard's previous books:
“Lee Allen Howard’s prose crackles with an energy that is rare and refreshing in the genre. Highly recommended for fans of truly dark fiction.” —BestThrillers.com
The Bedwetter: “Highly disturbing and electric, this book will have its readers only setting it down so they can come up for air during its darkest moments.” —U.S. Review of Books
“Dastardly devious, cleverly conceived, and just a whole lot of fun to read, Death Perception is Lee Allen Howard on fire and at his finest. Rife with winsome weirdness, it’s like the mutant stepchild of Carl Hiaasen and Stephen King, mixing a truly unique paranormal coming-of-age story with a quirky cast of offbeat noir characters into a novel that’s simply unforgettable… and hilariously original. A supernatural crime story, blazing with creative intrigue… don’t miss it.” —Michael A. Arnzen
“Lee Allen Howard is an imaginative writer with slick, vivid prose and high octane pacing. He writes like no one else, and I mean this in a very good way.” —Trent Zelazny
“Lee Allen Howard stitches together a story where the suspense never lets up.” —Ron Edison