" Sinister Ascension is Fright Night meets Re-Animator meets Medium.. ." -Michelle Renee Lane, Bram Stoker Award® nominated author “Sinister Ascension starts with a bang, an explosion really, and never lets up from there. Propulsive and agile, Marc Abbott writes horror but combines it with a compelling, appealingly grounded feel.” -Victor LaValle, award-winning author of Lone Women Bruckner University senior, Carmen Guerra learns from her grandmother that being a medium run in her family. Carmen assumes the ability skipped her as she can't commune with the dead. But an evil presence rouses her abilities and she goes through a painful awakening that torments her physically, mentally, and emotionally. Todd Anderson, the transfer grad student, is a vampire. He has come to campus in search a host body to possess once he has completed an arcane spell. One that will allow him to ascend into a demon. When he sets his sights on Carmen's roommate as his potential host body, she must quickly learn her abilities and how to control them. With aide from her long-distance grandmother, a lost spirit and an unexpected ally, Carmen struggles to cope with new abilities while finding her the strength to battle Todd from completing the sinister ascension.