Beacon’s Spark

AWAKENING THE FATESEven with a great girlfriend, a bestie, and visits with her ailing grandpa, Rachel Farran feels isolated and lonely. When she stumbles into the mystical Veil separating the mortal and spirit worlds, she encounters voices that won’t shut up, ghostly faces that won’t leave her alone, and a crystal that can’t stop glowing.Rachel soon discovers that she can manipulate magical ley threads as a descendant of the ancient Fates and a Beacon for lost souls. But when the malevolent being known as the Spinner harnesses the ley to drag helpless souls through the Veil to devour them, can Rachel begin to trust others and learn to control her newfound abilities before her grandpa and many others are lost forever?Beacon’s Spark, a coming of age magical adventure, is the first book in Potomac Shadows, a paranormal fantasy series set in the Washington, DC metro area.

Jim Johnson was born about the same time Apollo XII landed on the moon and shares a birthday with the Kindle. He is the author of the Pistols and Pyramids weird western series and the Potomac Shadows urban fantasy series. He’s also written a bunch of other stuff in and around the SFF genres and pen and paper RPGs. In rare moments when he’s not writing or publishing, Jim plays board games and card games, eats more pizza than he really should, and makes a brilliant bowl of popcorn. He also likes to live dangerously by running last click. Jim lives in Alexandria, VA with his wife, son, and three cats. You can learn more about him and his writing at www.SCRIBEINETI.com.