by R. H. Stavis
From Foundry, special thanks to Jessica Felleman, Sara DeNobrega, Richie Kern, Kirsten Neuhaus, Heidi Gal, Collette Grecco, and Molly Gendell. And a huge thank you to Lynn Grady, Sean Newcott, Andrea Molitor, Ploy Siripant, Ben Steinberg, Kell Wilson, and Heidi Richter at Dey Street/HarperCollins.
To those who volunteered to share their stories, thank you. Some of the things you experienced were very personal, very intimate, and you didn’t have to reveal anything. I am so grateful that you did.
And thank you to my “Peter,” who was there during the most dynamic transition of my life so far—moving from secret, working-in-the-shadows exorcist to suddenly public exorcist. Those were intense, incredible, heartbreaking, profound years, but above all, it was pure magic. I will always love you for that.
And thank you, Spirit, for allowing me to do this, giving me what I now know is an extraordinary gift, and loving me through it all. I am forever grateful.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RACHEL STAVIS is a screenwriter for film, television, and video games. She has published four horror novels under the name R. H. Stavis. She is also an exorcist, doing her work pro bono and without advertising her services.
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SISTER OF DARKNESS. Copyright © 2018 by R. H. Stavis. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
FIRST EDITION
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-265614-8
Digital Edition FEBRUARY 2018 ISBN 978-0-06-265616-2
Cover design by Ploy Siripant
Cover photograph © Mehmet Ozgur Applied Arts
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