Book Title: Sliding
Beneath the Surface (Book 1)
Trilogy:
The St. Augustine Trilogy
Author: Doug
Dillon
Release Date: August
24, 2011
Print Length: 166
Pages
Genre: YA
Paranormal
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You Wish Tours
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Beneath the Surface.
The Spirit of St.
Augustine
Have you ever been to St. Augustine,
Florida, America’s oldest city? To me, it’s a magical place, just
bubbling with the spirits of bygone days. This is especially true at
Christmas when the historical district is ablaze with tiny white
lights. The Nights of Lights, they call the time from December
through January.
It isn’t just the beautiful old
buildings, some from the time of the Spanish, that has captured my
soul. No, it’s also the ghostly presences arising out of that past
that seem to tap you on shoulder, a few even of Native American
origins from thousands of years ago.
Oh, yes! Ghost stories abound in this
ancient location, as do the ghost tours. By day and by night, guides
will walk with you, transport you by tram or hearse, and even take
you aboard a sailing ship while telling their tales.
As a former history teacher and writer
well experienced in the paranormal, you can see how St. Augustine
might hold some appeal for me. But it’s much more than that if you
want to know the truth. Seems at times as if that old city is using
me to channel its innermost essence. Can I explain what I mean by
that exactly? No, not really. Words are often a poor substitute for a
felt sense.
What I can tell you is this. I’ve
spent weeks on end in St. Augustine, haunting its ancient streets and
buildings, doing endless research in the city’s historical society
and talking with people—even homeless folks. And the more I do
this, the more I know I made the right choice in selecting St.
Augustine as the central location for my young adult,
paranormal/historical series that I’ve titled, The St. Augustine
Trilogy.
In the process, what I also know is
that there are no coincidences. My connection to this old city and
writing about it in the trilogy was definitely meant to be. What was
also meant to be is the linkage now being established between St.
Augustine and readers of my series. This includes the wonderful
relationship I have established with Julia Hendrix, my friend and
assistant who hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I live just north of
Orlando.
You see, as I continue to study the
paranormal in general, I increasingly perceive reality as endless
layers within layers. And when I’m in St. Augustine, it’s as if
the city hold a lens up to me so I can look deeper into the nature of
existence and the connectivity my work holds for readers. That’s
why on the cover of Book I of the trilogy, Sliding Beneath the
Surface, I show a picture of an exquisite Chinese puzzle ball with
all those multiple layers carved beneath its surface.
What an incredible journey I’m
having. Thank you so much for being part of it.
— Doug Dillon
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
In old St.
Augustine, Florida, fifteen-year-old Jeff Golden’s recurring dream
of being stabbed in the chest and bleeding all over his bed is
driving him crazy. It’s causing him to lose sleep and giving him
severe headaches. When his psychically gifted friend Carla and an
ornery Native American shaman named Lobo try to help, Jeff is
inundated with terrifying paranormal experiences.
Reaching out of Florida’s distant
past, something increasingly entangles Jeff in tentacles of danger
that threaten his sanity and eventually his life. But the harder he
tries to understand, the deeper he gets. When comprehension finally
dawns though, time has almost run out. Lobo does his best to prepare
Jeff for what he must face in order to survive but it may be too
little and too late.
It’s at this point that both Jeff
and Carla find themselves swept headlong into an alternative reality
from which they may never return. If they don’t quickly and fully
adapt to this situation, all hope is lost. From Lobo they know how it
might be possible to change what is happening but the question is,
can they? Repeatedly, Lobo has told both teens, “You create your
own reality whether in this world or in another.” If acted upon
properly, that advice just might save their lives and end suffering
on an even wider scale.
About The Author
A former award winning educator, Doug
writes about things paranormal and historical. His interest in the
paranormal comes from personal experiences as detailed in the
nonfiction adult book he and wife wrote titled, An Explosion of
Being: An American Family's Journey into the Psychic. Out of
those events and extensive historical research, he then created
Sliding Beneath the Surface for young adults, Book I of the
St. Augustine Trilogy. Doug set his trilogy in the oldest and
most haunted city in the United States, St. Augustine, Florida. Books
II and III of the trilogy are on the way.
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