The Spiral — Tabbie Browne

WARNING - This is not for the faint hearted or those of a nervous disposition. Sequel to White Noise is Heavenly Blue Jenny has resumed her position in the upper spiral on Eden, her power fully restored and she is ready to do battle with her arch enemy Zargot, the master of all evil. As the cat and mouse game between them continues, she is constantly warned by her Father, the Almighty Power on Eden to fight using the power of love, not hatred. As the hybrids formed on earth are transported to the holding zone, one of Zargot's lower spiral, Johhahn re-programmes six of the creatures which then take on an evil will of their own. Jenny succeeds, with the help of the Schynings, to destroy most of the hybrids thus releasing the tortured souls trapped in their alien forms. The earthly happenings are centred around Burford, a small Cotswold town and the lives of Lizzie Stokes, her mother Beth and their friends Robert and Madge Bradley and daughter Margaret. Members of another race living in earthly form are the Vexons, a breed driven only by sexual satisfaction and possession. These play an important part in the happenings around the central characters leading to terrifying and disastrous events. There is much attention on Eden concerning the moon which gives up information previously hidden and could hold a future threat to the earth. This story is filled with increasingly savage combat between the forces of good and evil and how it affects the lives of seemingly everyday people, but who wins - and for how long? Dare you read it?