Self portrait by Debbie Abbott with projection of her three-year old self on the front lawn at the home of her great grandmother, a Native American descendant of the Wintu tribe of Northern California.
The Angels’ Gauntlet
Born blue and breathless with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, fear yanks Melodee Mooney into this world, and the trauma of her birth sets the tone for her life — replete with lessons and torments, orchestrated by a host of angels both Light and Dark.
THE ANGELS’ GAUNTLET is a Commercial Fiction Fantasy novel that chronicles the subtle ways celestial beings teach Melodee’s soul about the connection between intellect and emotions; the place where faith and fear collide. Without understanding how or why — Melodee knows dodging death and detriment by running the arduous gauntlet of life will require internal awareness and divine intervention.
From the ethereal world where higher powers have the final say, Dark and Light angels guide Melodee’s journey through her formative years in 1970s Central Texas. The insightful girl learns that thoughts manifest things, that evil hides behind trusted eyes, that parents aren’t perfect, and that fear, anger, and naivete are a dangerous mix.