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Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...and he taught them how to kill it. ... read more
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Characters edit
- Dean Winchester: The oldest Winchester brother. A hunter of the supernatural raised from a young age. Dean was always a good hunter who did everything his father asked of him including watching over his younger brother.
- Sam Winchester: The youngest Winchester brother. A hunter of the supernatural raised from a young age. Sam always rebelled against being a hunter and often wished that he was normal.
- Ellen Harvelle: A former friend of John Winchester's. Ellen was the wife of a hunter and has a daughter named Jo.
- Ash: Computer genius and deadbeat drunk. Has often helped Dean and Sam on information for hunts. Claims to have gone to MIT but dropped out.
- Manfred Afiri: A friend of Ash's who has a ghost problem. Has a really large house in the Bronx, courtesy of his parents, and is the lead singer/guitarist in a band named Scottso.
- Robbie Maldonado: The keyboard player in the band Scottso.
- Aldo Emmanuelli: The other guitar player in the band Scottso. Aldo is the only one in the band who does not drink (A.A.) and he is also the best musician in the group.
- Eddie Grabowski: The bass player in the band Scottso.
- Tom Daley: The drummer in the band Scottso.
- Percival Samuels: Late nineteenth century - early twentieth century spiritualist. Created a supposedly phony 'Resurrection Spell.'
- Arthur Gordon Pym: Real name Arthur Mackey. Owns Pendulum Pit Incorporated and operates an Edgar Allen Poe Website.
- Marina McBain: A detective with the Missing Persons unit of the NYPD.
- Dr. Ross Vincent: A nineteenth century literature scholar and a professor at Fordham University.
- Victor Hendrickson: Special Agent of the FBI and currently hunting Sam and Dean Winchester.
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“Dad had this story. A Marine and a Navy guy walk into a bathroom together. They both take a piss, and then the sailor goes to the sink. The Marine heads for the door, and the sailor says, 'Hey-in the Navy they teach us to wash up after we take a leak.' And the Marine turns around and says, 'Yeah? Well, in the Marines they teach us not to piss on our hands.'”
Dean -
“I will kill you with my hands.”
Dean (to Sam)
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A Marine and a Navy guy walk into a bathroom together. They both take a piss, and then the sailor goes to the sink. The Marine heads for the door, and the sailor says, ‘Hey—in the Navy they teach us to wash up after we take a leak.’ And the Marine turns around and says, ‘Yeah? Well, in the Marines they teach us not to piss on our hands.’”
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“It’s alive, I tell you, alive!”
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To add insult to injury, Aldo had sat on the other side of Dean and immediately started in on the Impala: “Where the hell’d you get a ’sixty-eight Impala in such fine shape, Sam?” “Well, it’s Dean, and it’s a ’sixty-seven.”
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and other minutiae about cars that Sam had right near the top of his list of Conversations that Bored the Holy Crap Out of Him, just before Dean’s Favorite Music and just after Dean’s Sex Life.
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“She was tuned in to Dean-TV.” Turning around to back out of the parking space, Dean said, “I will kill you with my hands.”
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Right now, there’s all of four of us—me, a woman in Chicago named Murphy, and a guy in Eugene, Oregon, named Lao.”
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First Sentence edit
A chill November breeze blew John Soeder's hair into his face, Mother Nature's reminder to get a haircut in the absence of his actual mother being around to nag him about it.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.
I heard many things in hell.
-Edgar Allen Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Historian's Note
Chapters One - Eighteen
Epilogue
Author's Note
About the Author
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 15 in Supernatural. (standard series)
Preceded by John Winchester's Journal, and followed by Witch's Canyon.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Keith R. A. DeCandido (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 31, 2007
ISBN: 978-0061370908
Page Count: 336
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 31, 2007
ISBN: 978-0061370908
Page Count: 336
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- Dewey: 813.54
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- CW Supernatural: The official website for the show Supernatural.
- Supernatural TV: A really good supplementary website for the show Supernatural.
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