Sacrifice of the Season - Paperback

by Daryl Parker (Author)

When summer was over the faerie would come for the children. Cobbs is a threadbare mining town with secrets and sorrow to spare. The newly arrived Rutherfords choke on their own share of misery when their daughter Abigail suddenly vanishes. Desperate to find his sister, Jack has no one to turn to but Lucius, a mysterious former slave with a few secrets of his own. Together they plunge into the twisting, enchanted landscape of the wicked, the fey, and the grim. Jack will have to unlock the rules of wyrd magic and ancient relics to prevail, but there is far more at stake than either of them can imagine. An historically rich saga of spell-binding power that grabs the reader and won't let go.

Author Biography

Born on August 4th, 1966, Daryl was raised in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where his lifelong love of the outdoors began. Growing up with a strong family emphasis on military service, by the age of seventeen he had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Over the next twenty-one years, his duties took him to such far-away places as Peru, Japan, Morocco and the Arctic Circle. Fascinated with other cultures, Daryl learned to speak French, Spanish, and Arabic during his travels. Highly decorated, Daryl was awarded nine personal awards, including two combat action ribbons, the Meritorious Service Medal, and achieved the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. His last assignment was at the National Security Agency, where he retired from active service in 2005. After retiring from the military, Daryl became a police officer in July 2006, eventually settling in McKinney, Texas. In February 2009, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and participated in patrol, K-9, criminal investigations, and commanded the Special Response Team. In 2011, he accepted a position as the primary instructor at a regional police academy, where he continues to teach classes to both recruits and in-service officers. A highly trained and skilled marksman, Daryl was selected from among 6,000 applicants as one of the final sixteen competitors on season two of the highly successful History Channel show, Top Shot. Daryl and his wife Jennifer have a total of five children and three dogs. Sacrifice of the Season is Daryl's debut novel, with his second work, Journey of Fear to be released in August, 2013.