Sometimes, the ties that bind can break you.It's 1975, and nine-year-old Talia is not happy. Everything has been different since her little sister Alex came along. Since her dad left. Since all her mother's attention has been focused on anyone and everything but Talia.It's definitely all Alex's fault. Talia hates Alex. She just wants things to be like they used to be. When her dad was home. When everyone cared about her. When there was no Alex.Then she's given a book. One that's special. One that seems only for her. One that can help her take all her anger and frustration and rage and … unleash it.Now, Talia will make them all pay.But everything comes with a price. And some things must be paid in blood."Seriously. F*ck this kid!" - Jennifer Dinsmore, editor of The Aphotic series"Delightfully disturbing." - Eric Leland, author of Inhuman: A Supernatural Thriller"Bad Blood hit me like a dark alley assault while walking through the streets of hell. Elliott pulls no punches and has zero problem scratching his razor-sharp nails down the chalkboard inside your brain. An alarmingly visceral assault on the senses, Bad Blood is a root canal without the gas that will make you squirm even as you greedily turn the pages for more." - Philip Fracassi, author of A Child Alone With Strangers Tobin was destined for horror. This became obvious when, in the span of two weeks, he built a working model of a guillotine out of popsicle sticks and a razor blade - which his Grade Five teacher didn't seem to appreciate as much as he did - and he also learned to tie a noose and proudly hung one from their apartment balcony - which his mother and the superintendent didn't seem to appreciate as much as he did.Eventually, he learned to focus the horror into stories. His friends and neighbours likely appreciate the lesser PDH (Public Displays of Horror).Besides writing ugly stories about bad people doing horrible things, Tobin also counts embarrassing his wife and kids, pointing out the stupidities of others, being dumb to kind animals, and killing plants among his hobbies.Finally, Tobin loves feedback, either positive or negative, on his writing. You can find him occasionally reviewing indie books on Goodreads, or being sarcastic on Twitter (@thehorrorguy91) and Instagram (@). The Aphotic is a six-book series-a hexalogy-about a Book who seeks out those at the fringe, those that think of the bad things they wish they could the Book finds them and offers up the powers to do so.What it doesn't offer is the price each will pay for letting the Book into their mind.Over the six books, you'll meet the people of New Hope-some good, some very bad, some human, some demon, werewolf, or vampire-and watch as a century of stories collide at the end, as various characters from each book are drawn into the battle against the one pulling the Book's strings

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