Slain in the Spirit

Paperback

Condition: Good

This is a vintage edition and will be subject to the effects of aging >>Leila Blackwell suffers from keratitis a condition that coupled with prior eye problems is slowly robbing her of her sight. Nevertheless she stubbornly tries to maintain a "normal" lifestyle often forsaking the companionship of her lover Cathy to act independently as any fully sighted person might do. It's thus that she finds herself alone in a public rest room when a familiar male voice penetrates the silence saying "Don't be afraid I won't hurt you." Leila finds herself kidnapped and confined in a basement slowly and steadily losing her sight as she is forced to engage in a batlle of wills with a man who beleives he is acting to save her soul. Through a series of harrowing escapes and confrontations with obstacles both real and self-imposed Leila must try to survive to reach freedom and her life without losing her sanity in the process.