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Passing the Torch
by L.L. Sanders
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Feb 14 2015
| Archive Date
Aug 01 2016
Description
Deep in the Arizona desert live a girl and her dad, burying secrets—and bodies.
Mesa Kingston's first memory of burying a corpse was at eight years old. Back then it had been the carcass of a large lizard her dad found that they buried in the backyard of their isolated cottage. At age fourteen, the body of a young lady accompanied the reptile's remains, and ever since, an accumulation of female bodies began to grow. Now, the only way Mesa can stop the haunting screams of the dead is by drowning them out with flames. Or is there more to the blaze than even she can perceive?
NOTE: A novella of 10,000 words, 70 pages, and an estimated read time of 1 hour and 5 mins.
Deep in the Arizona desert live a girl and her dad, burying secrets—and bodies. Mesa Kingston's first memory of burying a corpse was at eight years old. Back then it had been the carcass of a large...
Description
Deep in the Arizona desert live a girl and her dad, burying secrets—and bodies.
Mesa Kingston's first memory of burying a corpse was at eight years old. Back then it had been the carcass of a large lizard her dad found that they buried in the backyard of their isolated cottage. At age fourteen, the body of a young lady accompanied the reptile's remains, and ever since, an accumulation of female bodies began to grow. Now, the only way Mesa can stop the haunting screams of the dead is by drowning them out with flames. Or is there more to the blaze than even she can perceive?
NOTE: A novella of 10,000 words, 70 pages, and an estimated read time of 1 hour and 5 mins.
Advance Praise
“It is simply amazing how L.L. Sanders managed to tell such a profound story with very few
words and deliver such deep emotional connection between the reader and [the protagonist]
Mesa.” - Faridah Nassozi, Readers' Favorite
“Passing the Torch by L.L. Sanders is a short story comprised of many deeply emotional layers.”
- Patricia Day, Readers' Favorite
“L.L. Sanders has successfully penned the elements of a thrilling short story. Passing the Torch
piques your curiosity and then pulls you in with its startling book cover and opening narrative
hook.” - Cheryl E. Rodriguez, Readers' Favorite
“It is simply amazing how L.L. Sanders managed to tell such a profound story with very few
words and deliver such deep emotional connection between the reader and [the protagonist]
Mesa.” - Faridah...
Advance Praise
“It is simply amazing how L.L. Sanders managed to tell such a profound story with very few
words and deliver such deep emotional connection between the reader and [the protagonist]
Mesa.” - Faridah Nassozi, Readers' Favorite
“Passing the Torch by L.L. Sanders is a short story comprised of many deeply emotional layers.”
- Patricia Day, Readers' Favorite
“L.L. Sanders has successfully penned the elements of a thrilling short story. Passing the Torch
piques your curiosity and then pulls you in with its startling book cover and opening narrative
hook.” - Cheryl E. Rodriguez, Readers' Favorite
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Ebook |
| ISBN |
9781506196527 |
| PRICE |
$0.99 (USD)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Ebook |
| ISBN |
9781506196527 |
| PRICE |
$0.99 (USD)
|
Average rating from 13 members
Featured Reviews
Gena D, Educator
Short, intense read with quite a twist at the end.
Reviewer 347288
[Triggers for this novel: description of murder, rape, incest]
I had never read a novella until a couple of months ago when I picked up a free copy of Gerald Durrell’s “Donkey Rustlers” which I had enjoyed. Now I feel myself more inclined to pick up a novella. It’s nice to take a break from novels with all their subplots and complications, and read something straightforward. I also liked the cover for this book. It’s not particularly pretty but I’m used to seeing covers with only a few items that stand as representations; there aren’t a lot of books out there that have a scene from the actual storytelling as the cover. But it’s the perfect cover for a novella.
The book is separated by chapters that go back and forth between the present and the past. With only one narrator, this didn’t cause much confusion as it did for me when I read “The Girl on the Train”. In the present, Mesa is confessing to murders she and her father committed at their cottage which they vacation to. In the past, she is a young girl, with each chapter going from 8 years of age, to 10, and so on, and who is watching all this horror surround her, skewering her mind. Sanders does a great job of describing Mesa’s feelings, from guilt to anger to numbness, in such a short period of pages. Sentences and scenes flowed well, and the twist at the end is truly horrifying, to say the least. Overall, a fantastic novella.
Lisa-marie F, Reviewer
I'm not usually interested in short stories, but I loved this one.
Mesa was the perfect main character, which can't have been easy to create with such few pages.
Featured Reviews
Gena D, Educator
Short, intense read with quite a twist at the end.
Reviewer 347288
[Triggers for this novel: description of murder, rape, incest]
I had never read a novella until a couple of months ago when I picked up a free copy of Gerald Durrell’s “Donkey Rustlers” which I had enjoyed. Now I feel myself more inclined to pick up a novella. It’s nice to take a break from novels with all their subplots and complications, and read something straightforward. I also liked the cover for this book. It’s not particularly pretty but I’m used to seeing covers with only a few items that stand as representations; there aren’t a lot of books out there that have a scene from the actual storytelling as the cover. But it’s the perfect cover for a novella.
The book is separated by chapters that go back and forth between the present and the past. With only one narrator, this didn’t cause much confusion as it did for me when I read “The Girl on the Train”. In the present, Mesa is confessing to murders she and her father committed at their cottage which they vacation to. In the past, she is a young girl, with each chapter going from 8 years of age, to 10, and so on, and who is watching all this horror surround her, skewering her mind. Sanders does a great job of describing Mesa’s feelings, from guilt to anger to numbness, in such a short period of pages. Sentences and scenes flowed well, and the twist at the end is truly horrifying, to say the least. Overall, a fantastic novella.
Lisa-marie F, Reviewer
I'm not usually interested in short stories, but I loved this one.
Mesa was the perfect main character, which can't have been easy to create with such few pages.
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