The Beast in the Field
by D.J. Graystone
Publication Date: October 24, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-955690-52-2
At 25 years old, Melantha Eastman is a survivor of ritual abuse and works as an FBI forensic psychologist. The Montrose sheriff seeks her expertise to catch The Pedagogue, the leader of a serial killer cult that preys on mentally vulnerable young women using Instagram hashtags.
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About the Author
DJ Graystone is a master of the mystical and a connoisseur of the eerie. Born with a fascination for the macabre and the unexplained, Graystone's writing breathes life into the shadows that lurk just beyond our comprehension. With a love for the supernatural, their stories dance on the edge of reality and the supernatural, blurring the line between what is known and what remains hidden.
Growing up in a town steeped in ghostly lore, DJ was surrounded by whispers of spirits and eerie apparitions. These childhood encounters with the unknown sparked a curiosity that has fueled their writing ever since.
With a background in mythology and ancient cultures, DJ Graystone's work is enriched with deep-rooted symbolism and dark rituals that resonate with readers on a primal level. Unafraid to explore the darkness that lies within the human psyche, DJ's tales often reflect the profound depths of the human condition, illuminating the fragility of sanity and the allure of forbidden knowledge.
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Twenty-five-year-old ritual abuse survivor, Melantha Eastman, is a forensic psychologist for the FBI. Snarky, powerful, and willing to put men in their places, Melantha is one of the best profilers despite her young age. She’s brought in by the sheriff of Montrose, a suburb just north of LA, to catch The Pedagogue, the leader of a cult of serial killers preying on young women with mental health issues that they find, lure, and stalk by use of hashtags on Instagram.
When Jesse Silver comes home to find his wife, Katia, slaughtered on their living room floor, Eastman rushes to the scene. She immediately senses the spirit of Katia who leads Eastman to a symbol on the door--a sigil that’s the mark of the cult responsible for her death. Obsessed with taking the cult down, she secretly enlists Silver as her co-conspirator, as he’s the only person whose passion matches hers. Silver commits murders of the cult members at Eastman’s command. But what he doesn’t understand is that he’s under Eastman’s spell, and that her powers are not that of your everyday forensic psychologist.
When The Pedagogue kidnaps Orchid, a 19-year-old girl from Indiana, Eastman and Silver must race to not only save her from her death--but from The Pedagogue’s ascendance to something far greater than a cult leader.
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