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On January 17, 1894, a handcuffed 24 year old African-American man
was taken to a bridge by the people of Valley Park, Missouri, and a
rope was placed around his neck. This is the story. A book by new
author Joe Wood. "...an interesting tale, peppered with real-life
accounts...of a dark page from the city's past."-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
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Since the dawn of intelligent man, four friends have walked the
earth. Known throughout mans sketchy and inaccurate history under
various guises and some familiar names. On the whole they try their
best to be good men, but if crossed or wronged, their justice was
as hideous and abhorrent as the worst of nightmares, which hints at
their mysterious unearthly past and the unspeakable horrors
committed by their very own hands. Solomon; the jovial, flame
haired, man mountain. In many ways the keystone of the quartet,
with his happy outlook and willingness to defend the young and
weak. Janus; the uncomfortable leader. For a millennia he has
carried an unshakable pain, which caused the split of the four. His
sadness steered him into a normal mundane life, with Solomon being
his only link to a happier past. Cyrus; successful, intelligent,
handsome, the atypical playboy. His insatiable and foolish sexual
appetite caused the estrangement, and ultimately hatred, from his
previous best friend. Nathan; small in stature, quiet, humble and
blind. But his demon living within, when released, becomes a
monstrous bringer of death, uncontrollable by himself or his three
friends combined. Armageddon and the extinction of all humanity is
merely days away, so the unprepared and divided blood brothers must
once again unite, don their mothballed battle gear and face an evil
of such power, that the odds of victory and any hope for the future
of mankind, are infinitesimal at best.
Since the dawn of intelligent man, four friends have walked the
earth. Known throughout mans sketchy and inaccurate history under
various guises and some familiar names. On the whole they try their
best to be good men, but if crossed or wronged, their justice was
as hideous and abhorrent as the worst of nightmares, which hints at
their mysterious unearthly past and the unspeakable horrors
committed by their very own hands. Solomon; the jovial, flame
haired, man mountain. In many ways the keystone of the quartet,
with his happy outlook and willingness to defend the young and
weak. Janus; the uncomfortable leader. For a millennia he has
carried an unshakable pain, which caused the split of the four. His
sadness steered him into a normal mundane life, with Solomon being
his only link to a happier past. Cyrus; successful, intelligent,
handsome, the atypical playboy. His insatiable and foolish sexual
appetite caused the estrangement, and ultimately hatred, from his
previous best friend. Nathan; small in stature, quiet, humble and
blind. But his demon living within, when released, becomes a
monstrous bringer of death, uncontrollable by himself or his three
friends combined. Armageddon and the extinction of all humanity is
merely days away, so the unprepared and divided blood brothers must
once again unite, don their mothballed battle gear and face an evil
of such power, that the odds of victory and any hope for the future
of mankind, are infinitesimal at best.
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