After Dark (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789359204888)

The night caretaker in a local cemetery became witness to a horrifying

event. The body of a mutilated woman fell from the sky. The caretaker

investigates only to be terrified by childish laughter from the woods that

bordered the cemetery. In his terror, ran for his life ending up in the

custody of the local police station.The case fell upon the lap of Senior

Inspector Manny Panganiban who was puzzled by the case and suspected

that the man in custody may both be the witness and the culprit. The only

thing that troubled him, was the absence of blood. Thus, ordered PO1

Eunice Salve to research the same MO or anything that can shed light

upon the unique nature of the case. She came upon an article by a certain

Dr. Javier that she assumed can help in the investigation. A meeting with

Javier revealed certain aspects about the community that was not common

knowledge. About similar mutilations in the past, all unsolved and about

a house that everyone seems to have forgotten. Then people began to

disappear. Ghostly manifestations occurred. And there is the deaf-mute

that grew up in the fringes of society, distrusting people and their good

intentions until he met Jennifer. The illusory feelings he had for her was

shattered and he withdrew from society. Alone and close to death he was

saved by a malevolent creature that offered him life only to find out that not

all second chances are worth taking. With things getting out of hand and

with the approach of a typhoon, Panganiban, Salve and Javier along with

others banded together to solve the mystery, find the abductees and put the

case to rest. Unaware that they were about to clash with dark forces that

had roamed the land for centuries and to a showdown beneath the bowels

of an old house that nobody knew existed. Some will die, some will survive,

others will find redemption and renewal.