When Spirits Break Free

By Andy Evans and Vesna Kovac

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Mystery & Thrillers

Young Adult

Language: English Not Rated (NR)

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Reality joins the unexplained in this gripping novel. From coal mining backgrounds to the horrors of drug induced psychosis to realities of what could be.

Billy Hall was as humble as the very beginnings from those he was born into. Coal had been king and ruled the landscape surrounding the small town of Castlefields for countless generations.
From an early age, it was obvious to Molly, that her son did not fit into the mould expected for the traditions of children following their forefathers, deep down into the depths to win out the coals for a grateful nation.

Although Billy had been surrounded by children of his own age, parading, and playing out their games of fantasy along the cobbled streets, he more often chose his own company away from the others.
The friends of imagination that crept silently from the darkened shadows, provided him the friendship, and consolation, that he sought more and more, as early childhood progressed.
Adolescence beckoned, and the shadows withdrew, leaving Billy to seek out his own amusement and friendship that the town offered.

Innocently, the key would be turned again, releasing those that had been lost, to once again emerge and make their presence felt.
With the door within his mind once again opened, Billy would be left to face his own ultimate destiny.

The Story Behind This Book

Billy Hall was as humble as the very beginnings from those he was born into. Coal had been king and ruled the landscape surrounding the small town of Castlefields for countless generations. From an early age, it was obvious to Molly, that her son did not fit into the mould expected for the traditions of children following their forefathers, deep down into the depths to win out the coals for a grateful nation. Although Billy had been surrounded by children of his own age, parading, and playing out their games of fantasy along the cobbled streets, he more often chose his own company away from the others. The friends of imagination that crept silently from the darkened shadows, provided him the friendship, and consolation, that he sought more and more, as early childhood progressed. Adolescence beckoned, and the shadows withdrew, leaving Billy to seek out his own amusement and friendship that the town offered. Innocently, the key would be turned again, releasing those that had been lost, to once again emerge and make their presence felt. With the door within his mind once again opened, Billy would be left to face his own ultimate destiny.

Praise and Reviews

Rome

Dear Andy & Vesna,
This is riveting! Very sad in the first because of what happened to the doctor and happy in part because of the introduction of a birth; wonderful piece of work replete with emotions and a storyline that gets interwoven succintly and so melodramatically.
I would recommend this infectious read to anyone who loves a good read and who could learn from a good write.
Thank you for giving me a chance to read this before it gets published.
Rome
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Andrew Skaife

I'm sorry that I had to stop at five, not because I would have too much to say (which I would, I can never shut up) but because I was sorry I could not read more for my own selfish reasons.
First, I love the beginning, from the morphine induced dream to the doctor's poignant illness (somehow we seem to believe doctors are impervious) to the twist in the death whilst life is brought about. Fantastic.
From the wonderful writing I was feeling so much sympathy for the doctor by the tenth line! "The voices that seemed to creep like an invisible mist from the shadows of the night, had been just the beginning." Is pure poetry with not one syllable that need not be there.
Absolute craftsmanship.
Roger's almost immediate drift into that model of distant father is both realistic, saddening and deflating.
The narrative is improved by it but the thought that it is so obviously true in so many is the deflating part.
You are an author and I wonder only why this is not in print already.
BACKED with absolute pleasure.
Andrew Skaife
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Kenneth Wayne

I loved playing army when I was a kid as well. I grew up on a farm, we had few neighbors kids with whom to play, so my brothers and I spent most of your free time playing army in the woods. This moves from that, though, to Molly and Milan. Molly contrasts Milan to her real father, Dennis the Menace and how he takes over a widow's business. His calculating coldness is so similar to a person I'm unlucky to have to work with. The dude's name isn't Dennis, but he's from the same mold. I want to return to this when I get a little more time, It's an intriguing story so far about the "heartlessness that would tear the family apart for eternity." - Ken
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Cherry Gregory

Raymond Nickford

''The mining community in which Billy integrates, meticulously brought to life by selective detail, is the more effective because you have already built a coherent picture of Billy's mother, Molly, and her father, Dennis; a rogue who abandoned his family for a girl. It was this characterisation, with its insights and observations, via the viewpoints of your characters and their very natural dialogue, that most engaged me and made me want to read on; to find how Billy will indeed 'seek out his own enjoyment and company' - Ray
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Suzannah Burke

have read all the uploaded work...and would have kept on reading without thought of the time. This is so beautifully written it eased itself around me like a welcome hug and i settled down in front of the screen to read it. The entire work is melded with that sense of the unknown sitting just beyond my peripheral-- waiting...every chapter encouraged me further inside...as Billy's playtimes clearly became visions of what was to come...The characterizations are marvelously done...Molly is a delight warm and still holding on to some of the vitality of her youth...Roger hasn't managed to completely suppress her...Milan and his marvelous stories and bond with Billy, the whole background woven with descriptions that bring everything alive...well almost everything...This is simply stunningI have backed it with the greatest please and will wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who wants a magical mystical and sometimes terryfying reading experience.
Bravo - Suzannah Burke
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Gerry McCullough

This is a very unusual and interesting pitch, and you draw us in to read more about young Billy and the mining community he comes from. You begin by giving us Billy's background, going first to his mother Molly and then back further to Molly's parents, especially her father Dennis. Dennis is a swindler and, eventually, an unfaithful husband who walked out on his wife and child for a young girl. You tell this story with a great deal of detail which brings the place and the people to life, and helps us to understand the world in which Billy grows up. You write in a straightforward, readable style, and your characters are well drawn and believable.
Gerry McCullough
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