Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood presents a new kind of Halloween tale ... Raleigh is trapped in perpetual night. Forced to walk through darkness, going town to town, searching for escape. Until he finds an extraordinary young girl who may give him a chance to see the light again—but at what cost? “Halloween night. A battle between good and evil, darkness and light. The blurring of reality. A touch of trust and betrayal. The burden of the past on present and future generations. Robert Swartwood’s In Solemn Shades of Endless Night has it all. A classic Halloween tale that will keep you turning the pages.” —David B. Silva, Bram Stoker award-winning author of Through Shattered Glass “Robert Swartwood is the next F. Paul Wilson—if F. Paul Wilson’s DNA was spliced with Michael Marshall Smith. If you haven’t yet read Swartwood, you’re missing out.” —Brian Keene, bestselling author of Dark Hollow