PRESS RELEASE: New horror from Marc Abbott November 8, 2024- Rock Hill, SC- From the publisher of groundbreaking horror works such as SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire, Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead, and Black Magic Women comes a fantastic first novel from horror author, Marc Abbott!

Story Blurb: Bruckner University senior, Carmen Guerra, learns from her grandmother that being a medium run in her family. Carmen assumes the ability skipped her as she can’t commune with the dead.

Once she returns to campus, an evil presence rouses her abilities and she goes through a painful awakening that torments her physically, mentally, and emotionally. Todd Anderson, the transfer grad student, is a vampire. He has come to campus in search a host body to possess once he has completed an arcane spell. One that will allow him to ascend into a demon. When he sets his sights on Carmen’s roommate as his potential host body, she must quickly learn her abilities and how to control them.

With aide from her long-distance grandmother, a lost spirit and an unexpected ally, Carmen struggles to cope with new abilities while finding her the strength to battle Todd from completing the Sinister Ascension.

Victor LaValle, Bram Stoker Award® winning author and the author of Lone Women, states, “Sinister Ascension starts with a bang, and explosion really, and never lets up from there. Propulsive and agile, Marc Abbott writes horror but combines it with a compelling, appealingly grounded feel.”

Michelle Renee Lane, Bram Stoker Award® nominated author, says, “Sinister Ascension is Fright Night meets Re-Animator meets Medium…”

Sinister Ascension pre-orders are available online through the Mocha Memoirs Press website, online bookstores, and at fine brick-and-mortar bookstores.

Pre-Order the ebook at a special price of $2.99 [retail price will be $5.99] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLBX812G

Pre-Order the paperback at https://mochamemoirspress.com/product/sinister-ascension/