Bøker av Frank Loproto

When disgraced paranormal investigator Melody Barnum learns about a series of seemingly unrelated incidents where entire families have been injured and killed after undergoing dramatic changes in personality and behavior, she suspects them to be the handiwork of a paranormal entity bent on causing mayhem and destruction across the country. Seeing it as her opportunity to reclaim her reputation and restore her credibility in the paranormal field, Melody investigates the scene of the most recent incident and finds that the family members all disintegrated into displays of malevolence that culminated in the deaths of the entire family by their own hands. Even though the incidents she has tracked occurred in different states, she is convinced that a single entity is responsible because the circumstances were so similar, previously normal and loving families being transformed into aggressive and murderous people without explanation. Melody's challenge is to find investigators willing to work with her on so speculative an investigation. Left with few options, she contacts Audrey Szimc, a renowned expert in malevolent paranormal forces with whom she had a prior history of conflict. As more families succumb to the influence of the entity Melody and Audrey know as Giddy - termed Audrey an energy vampire that feeds on the negative human energy it inspires - they understand that unless they can stop Giddy, his path of destruction will continue as he gains in strength and seeks to spread his influence as broadly as possible. Only Melody and Audrey - forced into an uneasy partnership with a rival paranormal crew - understand the danger posed by Giddy and are positioned to stop him by using specially-crafted modern scientific instruments to thwart an enemy as old as time.

When Eric Sharper moves his family to Bryson's Creek, a small, secluded town nestled among the Georgia pines, he believes he has taken the first step in giving his wife and daughters a new start after a series of debilitating setbacks that threatened to tear the family apart. But what Eric initially views as a place where miracles are possible soon reveals a more sinister side and each member of the Sharper family becomes engulfed in events marked by suspicion and intrigue, orchestrated by the influential and enigmatic Knights of Andreas. Suddenly they are forced to change the way they think and feel while drawn steadily deeper into a mystery so incredible as to defy belief.

The residents of the small Florida town of Lorimer work hard to feed their families and support their community, overcoming the hardships of life; drought, personal loss, financial insecurity, and the racial tensions of the day. It is 1940, and with war looming overseas the future is cloudy, a feeling reinforced when an Army base is built near Lake Luisa, the town's only water supply. Soon after, the lake level begins to drop and the farmers and residents grow fearful that they will lose their primary water source and, consequently, their crops and their livelihoods. Quickly, the people of Lorimer are caught in the grip of religious and racial discord as they grow desperate to find solutions to the town's mounting problems. For Waylon Brown and his family the situation is worsened when his children, Hannah and Jacob, discover the bodies of missing black men in the increasingly shallow lake bed, men suspected of having been murdered by a notorious local farmer with known antipathy toward the Negro population. Soon after, a series of sinkholes opens up near the lake that causes the townsfolk to fear that God is unleashing his anger on them for failing to heed their pastor's strict interpretation of Scripture. As the lake continues to drain more sinkholes open up, increasingly larger and closer to town, prompting Hannah and Jacob to seek the truth behind the Army's secret work in Camp Sperling and the impact it is having on the lake. What is ultimately discovered turns their fear into terror as unknown antagonists begin stalking people in the night. Hannah learns through an Indian mystic that the waning water in the lake has opened doorways to the underworld, doorways that only Hannah can close. At the same time, Waylon finds himself forced to decide whether to challenge the town's authorities and the edicts of the base's commander or accept that Lorimer's fate might already have been decided. Racial tensions mount and Lorimer becomes a town divided as Waylon and his friends struggle to find answers in the face of threats of arrest and banishment from the church. Using the often course language of the day, Sinkhole Summer presents a picture of a time in the recent past when concepts of security and normalcy are challenged by circumstances seemingly beyond the control of the average citizen, forcing people to accept that traditional beliefs and practices might no longer be adequate to protect them or restore stability to their town. Only by thwarting the spread of hate and mistrust that has set loose ominous and terrifying forces can the residents of Lorimer ever again know peace.

Sometimes the wind blows benignly, carrying bits of the world as it passes. And sometimes it turns angry and rages into a gale that blows holes through our perceptions. When some doors are opened they can never again be closed and the things that pass through - ethereal and furtive, like shadows on the night - can turn the daytime into blackness and fill the nighttime with nightmares. The Haunted World can become our world - the real world - a place where there is no sanctuary from the restless winds that swirl through the darkest corridors of our hearts and our minds. In nine stories, Frank LoProto tells tales that challenge his readers to leave the comfort of their homes for the arena of the unknown, where shadows move with purpose and nightmares invade the sunniest landscapes.

When struggling writer Byron Lords takes up residence in Pinewood House, a once-stately mansion in the Georgia town of Demeter, he discovers a century-old secret that transforms a failed writer into a bestselling author of horror fiction. Soon after publication of his first novel, a series of brutal murders occurs sharing distinct characteristics: All follow the methodology of the antagonist in the novel, and each victim was a known adversary of Byron Lords. When the pattern is repeated with the publication of each succeeding novel, suspicion falls on the reclusive writer living within Pinewood House's ivy-covered walls. Only a young, aspiring writer and his journalist friend have any hope of influencing events transpiring in Pinewood House, though the lives they save might ultimately be their own.Frank LoProto's fifth novel is a complex tale of murder and vengeance, the suspense building as the horrible secret dwelling within Pinewood House is revealed. In the aftermath of each of Byron Lords' novels, the old mansion's reputation is affirmed as a place where dreams are born and nightmares come alive.

The small Utah town of Fryeburg is known for Valley Forest, the forest preserve known as a haven for hikers, campers, and hunters. A prolonged, intensive heat spell has awakened something in Valley Forest that has transformed what once was natural into something dangerously unnatural. When Juliette Marques, whose house abuts the forest, dies suddenly and her family comes to Fryeburg for her funeral, it is discovered that her death was also not natural. Her niece, Olivia Ferguson, is insistent that there is something amiss in the forest that contributed to Juliette's death, an opinion that raises the ire of the people of Fryeburg. With her cousins Loren Brooks and David Brooks, Olivia endeavors to understand what is happening in Valley Forest and why the town's residents are suddenly displaying bizarre behavior. Animals living in the forest have suddenly turned aggressive, and an abundance of certain weeds growing throughout the town that display abnormal characteristics leads Olivia to suspect that the extended heat wave and something hidden within Valley Forest is causing plant and animal life to behave in ways never observed before. When the town authorities grow insistent that she leave Fryeburg and she finds herself the victim of acts of vandalism, Olivia becomes convinced that Fryeburg is hiding knowledge about the source of the dangers in Valley Forest that are claiming lives and posing an increasing threat to the town and, she fears, possibly all of Utah, something reinforced by the involvement of a major chemical company with close ties to the town. With her safety on the line, she fights to uncover the truth before more people die and a decades-long conspiracy is permitted to continue.

A novel of suspense involving the search for the lost sword of the archangel Michael by forces both human and supernatural, and the plight of people who find themselves caught in a desperate battle between the powers of good and evil. Can one man's dedication to his family and his personal integrity hold up against the threats posed by his own brother along with the ruthless agents of Satan intent on laying claim to St. Michael's Sword, understanding that the fate of all mankind hangs in the balance?