O Human Child

by Walter Donway

"Come away! O human child..." -William Butler Yeats. When Jan and Victoria DeVries begin their summer on a rented farm in the wild Catskill Mountains with their daughter, Betsy, and Freddy, the toddler with the "elfin" look of Williams Syndrome, they fall in love with the sunny meadows and the wild horses... but they are unprepared for their new neighbors. Ashlyn Tate seems a woman of more than human beauty-almost enchanted. Stranger still, her daughter, Alena, is only 12-or is supposed to be-but is already arresting in her sensual allure. When Alena gets a look at Freddy, and murmurs, "He is the most beautiful child I have ever seen," the first slight shadow passes across the sun. From then on, the shadows of the beautiful, dark Catskill Mountains become deeper, more mysterious, and more frightening.But enchantment is as irresistible as it is dangerous. When Jan-the artist who looks like the lanky, handsome cowboy he once was-meets Ashlyn, Victoria is unsettled by the attraction between them.But her jealousy is forgotten when Freddy goes missing. And the terror lurking in the majestic gorges, hidden lakes, and ancient trails that begin almost in their backyard has only begun reach out for them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148488356X
• ISBN13: 9781484883563
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"