They Fly Silent

<p>Her peculiar great-grandmother warned her of the family curse. But that's when she believed in magic seventh tribes and petal people. <em>Not anymore.</em> Cassandra Cleopatra Collard is all grown-up. <strong>Grown up and in trouble.</strong> At twenty-five she finds herself in the tabloids of the local gossip column accused of starting a strange freakish fire along with bizarre cultist behavior unbefitting to her bible belt small town. Cass has no memory of the incident just a gash on her palm in the shape of a seven. Because of her declining mental state and lack of memory the judge orders Cass to undergo psychiatric evaluation. She has twelve months to uncover the truth. Dr. Telford a psychiatrist helps her examine her dysfunctional upbringing which throws Cass into psychological turmoil. Memories surface which sets off a series of events both harrowing heartwarming and disturbing. Cass must pull back the curtains of her childhood and face the secrets she left there or succumb to a curse <em>that may</em> or <em>may not</em> exist and along the way prove her innocence. </p><p>This dark and magical novel delivers a haunting prose of southern life with wisecracking moving characters and the discovery of faith in unexpected places. It provides a raw and revealing portrait of mental illness its creative genius <em>and</em> its destructive tentacles. THEY FLY SILENT is chock full of family secrets generational curses southern maladies and haunting redemption. A captivating family saga with a beautiful reminder.</p><h4><br></h4><p><br></p>