It's spring in Marlin, and the spirits are restless once more. While trying to make sense of a series of seemingly unrelated incidents, celebration turns again to horror for Stephanie and the ones that she loves. Unwanted attention falls on someone close, and unseen terror roams the village and beyond.As the gravity of the situation reveals itself, Stephanie, Jan and their friends must combat personal loss and betrayal if they are to save the innocent. Centuries-old history is repeating itself in the deadliest of ways, and time is running out. Stephanie finds herself vulnerable, and leans on a new friend to fulfil an ancient prophecy in her attempt to save Marlin from cruel adversaries with unimaginable intentions. Will she make it in time? TICK. TOCK.

PLEASE NOTE: This book is part of an ongoing series. As such, the start of the book (as contained in the Amazon sample) and other sections include spoilers for those that have not already read Book 1, "Mother of Marlin". This is the SECOND book of "The Marlin Chronicles" - a unique series of new and exciting books by Alyson Mountjoy, created by using events from her own life (including many unsettling brushes with the paranormal), and entwining them with research then embroidering them with a thread of artistic licence. This ongoing series provides an appealing combination of supernatural suspense mixed with mystery, horror, crime and romance, historical facts, tears and laughter, and a touch of fantasy. These tales have waited a long time to be told.The village of Marlin at the edge of the rugged Cornish coastline exists only in her imagination, as do several other locations used in the books, and the characters in the series are fictional; yet the books are all influenced by the places that she has visited and the combined characteristics of the many interesting people that she has met. "Out of Marlin" is also available in Kindle format: a novella which takes place between books 1 and 2 of the series but it is a stand-alone story.