The Witching Hour

Henry just wanted what most others want, a home and family. To live in peace away for the desert mayhem that still haunts his dreams. Returning home he may have found it until the magicians showed up threatening his new idyllic life, his new found friends and especially the boys he has come to befriend. There is a lot more to the magicians than meets the eye. They are Xacarbas inhabiting host human bodies, and they need a new one before they move on.


Author_Bio: Peter Thomas Brodowski is an American author. 39N-86W is his first science fiction novel. Confluence is the follow up to 39N–86W and Summer Seed is book III and conclusion to the Crem Creation trilogy.

Peter's sixth novel brings to an end the current trilogy, steeped in the Suspense/Horror. Volume one is titled Matanto, volume two is the recently completed Ersatz Manor and the final installment, currently is titled The Witching Hour.


Interestingly, all of Peter's novels are set in Carmel Indiana, with some of the characters and locations reoccurring in each trilogy. Individual novels are stand alone, yet the trilogy concept provides continuity and a depth and richness to characterization. 


Peter was born June 6, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York. His maternal grandparents were immigrants from Poland. 


He attended Saint Michael's elementary school, John Jay public high school and the City University of New York before ultimately graduating from California State University Fullerton with a bachelor's degree in Biological Science in 1981. Peter went on to a master's degree in Business Admisistration in 1986, from the University of Phoenix. Between his time in New York and completing his education out west, he served four years in the U.S.A.F stationed mainly in the Pacific region and Southeast Asia with the Military Airlift Command.


Peter was married to Janice Lynne Boule in 1971, and has two sons, David Thomas and Joseph Thomas, and has recently become a grandfather. After spending more than 20 years in Southern California, Peter and Jan relocated to Carmel, Indiana in 1994.


Peter's writing career began after working more than 40 years in the medical device industry as a Chemist, Scientist, Engineer, Manager, Director and Notified Body auditor and consultant. He has recently retired from active employment but continues to provide consulting services as requested while writing novels.


Peter enjoys driving his sport car, healthy cooking, reading novels and keeping fit through a balanced program of cardio and weight training.


Keywords: Fiction, Suspense, Horror, Thriller, Magic, Body-Snatchery