The Spiritar

Meet Mary Martin. Born with a stunning physical anomaly unexplainable by any doctor, she grows up knowing mostly loneliness and cruelty. Into this life comes tragedy and guilt: her younger sister's death when Mary is a child and now, only three months ago, the deaths of both parents in a bizarre farming accident. Now alone, Mary attempts to put aside her grief and long-held guilt and searches for new strength and hope. Selling the family farm, she determines to start a new life. A pair of clever con artists, however, soon derail her plans, locking her in her new home's basement. In despair and feeling more alone than ever, Mary learns the secret of her unusual physical condition when she meets Sarah--a ghost with her own tragic past.

The Spiritar. A ghost story. A love story. A story of tragedy and revenge, guilt and redemption, understanding and sacrifice. Where a stolen identity leads to betrayal and murder. Where angels and demons fight over the lost souls of the forgotten dead. Where a woman must overcome all to save not only herself, but prevent the enslavement of humankind by the spiritars--ancient human spirits with the power to traverse the worlds of the living and the dead and that which lies between--beings so rare there have been only six in all of human history. Until now. Until Mary learns it's her destiny to become the seventh. A destiny she must claim to stop them. A destiny she can only obtain by sacrificing everything she has left--and becoming--The Spiritar.

 

Genre: mainstream (ghost / love / revenge story)

Spiritar = spirit + avatar(god)

Cover art: Duncan Long.