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Eden Fading

A novel inspired by true events, by Michael Barnett

Peace and violence, beauty and evil, can live in the same place.

The story opens in Southern California in 1961. Mike appears to be a sweet, innocent three-year-old, but he harbors a wicked spirit, and at the core of his soul lurks something bent on the destruction of his little brother.

Drawn from real events and told with a spiritual heart.

  • A true story at its core: drawn from the author's own earliest memories, from 1961 through 1966.
  • A spiritual heart: a story of tragic events and wonderful redemption.
  • A vanished California: golden orange groves and family life in the early 1960s.
  • 6 × 9 paperback
  • 172 pages
  • Kindle edition

From the author

"My best memories from those early years begin when I was three, in 1961. Eden Fading chronicles those early memories of tragic events and wonderful redemption from 1961 through 1966. After our dad died, my brother convinced me that since I was the storyteller of the family, I should put our story into words."

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