His battles with the dead have left him crushed and broken. But his nightmares have only just begun…
Exorcist Akaran DeHawk is desperate to recover his sanity. With a leg shattered beyond repair and holed up in an asylum, he’s plagued by visions of places he's been and people he's slain. But his demons aren’t finished with him yet, and between butchered bodies in his dreams and grotesquely mutilated corpses in the street, he's cursed with the knowledge that the killer may not be human... and nobody is willing to believe him.
Convinced the shadows in his nightmares are real and are lurking among the 'Safest City in the Kingdom,' Akaran battles a disbelieving populace as he hunts down the truth. But stripped of magic and with his own mind on the brink of chaos, he could be racing headfirst into darkness…
Insanity's Respite is the captivating first book in the Auramancer's Exorcism dark fantasy quadrilogy. If you like brutal heroes, good guys that aren't, a world you can get lost in, and bloody nightmares that just won't quit, then you'll love Joshua E. B. Smith's unforgiving epic.
Buy Insanity's Respite today to dive down a rabbit hole of terror.Joshua E. B. Smith is a dark fantasy/fantasy horror author responsible for the Saga of the Dead Men Walking. In addition to writing, Joshua spends a lot of time working with the local cosplay community to find ways to bring characters to life both on and off of the written page. When he's not typing away at his keyboard or delving into the contents of one of his binders, you can often find him at conventions and festivals all over West Virginia, Ohio, and northern Kentucky dressed up as a Ghostbuster, a member of the Men in Black, or even the iconic David S. Pumpkins - but in any costume, he's finding ways to raise funds to support several different charity organizations in WV. Before publishing, Joshua was born in the early 80's and grew up with some of the greatest movies and cultural icons paving the way for his creativity. A massive fan of all things Ghostbusters, Star Wars, the Belgariad, and lucky enough to being born into the video game cultural revolution, he was constantly exposed to new sources and methods of storytelling from the very beginning. Later in life, he attended college at West Virginia University at Parkersburg while largely serving as a stay-at-home caretaker for his grandmother and then later, his mother. A graduate of WVU-P's business division, Joshua holds a bachelor's in Business Administration and a certificate in Logistical Competency. Sadly, as magic and fantasy have little to do with either field, the degrees are still sitting somewhere in a safe while he has devoted his life to writing, publishing, and creating new worlds. To find out more about Joshua, or to learn more about his works, please feel free to visit his Facebook page, website, or Amazon author pages located at: http://www.sagadmw.com https://www.facebook.com/sagadmw https://www.amazon.com/author/sdmw
