FEAR AND HOPE

In school, she is alone… drawing an image of a shadowy man repeatedly. Audrey is an outcast and her mother Laura wants to help. Seeking her daughter’s estranged father leads to a discovery. A solution is revealed in Audrey’s step-brother Jaden. But Laura’s little girl is changing in disturbing ways and ultimately, she fears for her life.

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"Fear & Hope" is a dark anti-heroine, mother-daughter fantasy with morally gray magical realism – geared for fans of conflicted characters like "Fourth Wing" and "A Court of Thorns and Roses".
- Brooklyn Basement Readers

Dual protagonist heroine's... Laura and Elizabeth are strong willed people (also women), fighting for their children with their own lives.
- The Canadian Flame

In this moral-mystery thriller, the antagonist Audrey – becomes willingly psychotic and Machiavellian.
- GrimDark Readers Club

It’s a mother's love versus a daughter's greed for power.
- The Daily Fun

Unassumingly, “Fear & Hope” competes with the likes of "The Lost Bookshop" and "The Midnight Library".
- London Rhymes

A quick paced conversational dialogue masterpiece, riddled with complex characters and situations. You’ll ask yourself… “If it were me, what would I do?”
- CoverKings

It is (in the least) a surprising high quality achievement, graphically detailed by first-time author… Duncan Christos.
- LitReadersSocial

A grappling novel; swimming in complex feelings of love, deceit, innocence, empathy, desire and guilt.
- FamilyTribe

A supernatural contemporary fantasy… “Fear & Hope” is both original and daring.
- WorldReadClub

You will travel time and space while sitting still. That is “Fear & Hope”.
- PatriotScribes

Genre: Mystery & Thriller