St. Augustine, Florida is on edge after one of its own is found dead at the local diner under seemingly supernatural circumstances. All eyes are on friendless teenager Cheyenne Rite, the town’s newest resident and sole witness to the gruesome event. When Cheyenne’s peers shun her at school, she shares crucial new information about the murder with troubled journalist Jean McKnight, whose assignment to cover St. Augustine’s 450th anniversary celebration may have just turned into a career-defining exposé on the town’s hidden historical secrets.
Scott Snyder’s Dark Spaces anthology line returns with an all-new story surrounding a deadly conspiracy from a creative team of rising stars! In search of a fresh start, teenager Cheyenne Rite and her mother, Rebecca, move to St. Augustine, Florida, where they cross paths with Jean McKnight, a disgraced big-city journalist determined to pay her dues and rebuild her career, starting with a fluff piece on the town’s upcoming 450th anniversary celebration. When the quaint community’s festivities give way to bloodshed and Cheyenne is the sole witness, Jean begins an investigation and the women find themselves at the heart of a supernatural conspiracy linked to St. Augustine’s colonial past. Together, they vow to expose the town’s historical sins, but the deeper Jean digs, the less clear it becomes: Who is Cheyenne Rite, and when does a quest for truth become a thirst for vengeance? Curated by award-winning bestselling author Scott Snyder (Batman, We Have Demons), this new installment of the Dark Spaces anthology series features Rising talents Che Grayson (Batman: Urban Legends) and Kelsey Ramsay (Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, I Love Rock-n-Roll) as they team up for an eerie historical thriller about obsession, power, and redemption in Dark Spaces: Good Deeds!
It’s the night before the mysterious commemoration ceremony. Jean’s career is on the line, yet she’s out of allies and is no closer to breaking her story than she was when she started. Little does Jean know, the darkness that has been bubbling under the surface of St. Augustine is about to come to light, with or without her.
Jean takes drastic measures to ramp up her investigation into St. Augustine’s recent murders, and the community shows signs of cracking under pressure when an unexpected protester disrupts final rehearsal of the upcoming anniversary ceremonies. Cheyenne suspects even more secrets under the surface, but how many skeletons can one small town hide?
After saving the day at the commencement ceremony, Cheyenne and Rebecca are now heralded as town heroes. Everyone is preparing to celebrate at the diner for a town-wide party. It even seems like Jean is going to finally break her big case…but the secret she discovers will change everything. There are still deeds that have gone unpunished, but punishment is coming in the shocking conclusion to Dark Spaces: Good Deeds.
Scott Snyder’s chilling Dark Spaces anthology continues with breakout duo Che Grayson and Kelsey Ramsay’s Good Deeds! New kid Cheyenne Rite was this close to finding friends at school after a mysterious murder made her a social outcast. But what should have been a fun midnight meetup at St. Augustine’s local park has turned into a grim archaeological discovery of the town’s obsession with youth and death. Cheyenne’s only confidant, journalist Jean McKnight, has also started to raise an eyebrow at the strange events piling up in the teenager’s wake…and she’s staking her career on getting as close to the source as possible.
Rescue might just be the death of her. Far from home . . . Fiona Russell has been snatched from Earth, imprisoned and used as slave labor, but nothing about her abduction makes sense. When she's rescued by the Grih, she realizes there's a much bigger game in play than she could ever have imagined, and she's right in the middle of it. Far from safe . . . Battleship captain Hal Vakeri is chasing down pirates when he stumbles across a woman abducted from Earth. She's the second one the Grih have found in two months, and her presence is potentially explosive in the Grih's ongoing negotiations with their enemies, the Tecran. The Tecran and the Grih are on the cusp of war, and Fiona might just tip the balance. Far from done . . . Fiona has had to bide her time while she's been a prisoner, pretending to be less than she is, but when the chance comes for her to forge her own destiny in the new world she's found herself in, she grabs it with both hands. After all, actions speak louder than words.
The Devolution has ceased communication with all the Ministries on Earth, and there’s no way for the members of the Ministries to get off Earth. They are on their own and being hunted by murderous Earth assassins. Avigail, Quinn, and Kingsley will have to go up against a large group of assassins in order to get answers about their current catastrophic predicament. And the conspiracy of who is working against the Ministries from the inside festers.
The world is full of dark places that present obstacles to our joy. While people may instinctually turn to films, games, or social connections to brighten their day, Christians know they have a greater source of comfort and joy. In Joy in Dark Places, Thomas Parr reminds us that the Bible speaks of glorious realities that the darkest days cannot destroy. Readers will see how moral evil, calamity, and even bad theology steal our happiness. More importantly, they will see how the light of the gospel dispels disquiet and brings profound joy instead. Table of Contents: Joy and Obstacles to It Joy despite God’s Judgments in the Earth Law and Conviction Necessary for Joy Joy despite Fears of Spiritual Deterioration Joy from Empowerment and Even Chastening Joy from the Bible’s “Works-Oriented” Statements Joy in Renouncing All Forms of Legalism Joy by Quieting Your Conscience in the Cross To Have Joy You Must Have Faith To Have Joy You Must Obey Joy in God Incomprehensible Joy and Problem People in the Church Joy in Old Testament Promises to Israel Joy at the Prospect of Growing Old and Dying Biblical Joy versus Cheap Joy Joy Even When Society Disintegrates Joy at the Last Judgment: Looking Forward to a Judgment of Our Works Conclusion: Our Joy and God’s Glory
Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.
