The Demon Inside

"Cloutier has written a stylish tale of fantasy that glitters with all the
action and suspense of a modern psychological thriller."

-NY Times best-selling author, Ellen Tanner Marsh

For Edward Fox, the complex fantasy world that he created, called The
Zone, has always been his salvation. Traumatized at an early age by a
terrifying kidnapping ordeal that forever left him scarred, both mentally
and physically, his fictitious world is all that stands between him and the
memories that plague him relentlessly. Inside The Zone, he is free from
those memories, even if only temporarily, and there he feels safe and
empowered from the real world around him. A magical realm where he
can be whomever he wishes, whenever he wishes, with the awesome
powers of a God always at his disposal.

But now, something has changed. His worst memory of all has somehow
found its way inside his safe haven, tormenting him mercilessly, forcing
him to make a tragic choice. After a botched suicide attempt that leaves
him lying in a coma, Edward awakens in The Zone to find that now the
rules have been dramatically altered. His God-like powers have been
stripped from him, leaving him alone and helpless in a world of magic
and mayhem that is ruled by a mad Emperor bent on his annihilation .
an Emperor that seems all too familiar.

Peopled by diverse characters from his past and present, some of them
determined to destroy him, and some to save him, Edward must somehow
learn to survive against all odds as a vicious war erupts around him, with
the prize not only control of The Zone itself . but his mind as well.

"My first reaction on finishing The Demon Inside was a resounding .
Wow! That was brilliant!"

-Deb Shunamon, readerviews.com