{"title":"Faith \u0026 Deed Collection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-69bb23a2086eb4f21dd1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-sqsp-block=\"text\" id=\"block-69bb23a2086eb4f21dd1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dark, modern horror-fantasy of faith, addiction, manipulation, and survival.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-ed957c4408c0445e296b\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1769299590375_425\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-sqsp-block=\"text\" id=\"block-ed957c4408c0445e296b\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1769299590375_434\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1769299590375_433\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1769299590375_432\"\u003eWendy Holowitz should be dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eNot “almost” dead. Not “lucky” dead. Dead-dead—left to rot in the Sleep House, a nightmare drug den ruled by a dealer who calls himself Mr. Dream… and expects worship like a god.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThen Wendy is chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDragged out of one hell and delivered to another: the Sylvan Order—an ancient druidic brotherhood hiding beneath an ordinary steakhouse in Annapolis. Their Temple is carved into caves and built around a waterfall that seems to fall forever. They call it the Cleansing Waters. They swear it can wash away curses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWhat they don’t promise is mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBy night, the Order hunts the Dakkalfar—demons drawn from Nordic myth and a border-world called the Rim, where cosmic-horror shadows press close. They don’t just haunt houses. They haunt people. They whisper us into addiction, violence, and despair… then feed on what’s left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFor Wendy, every step forward is a negotiation between nightmare and sobriety, faith and fury. The Order offers her a bed, a purpose, and a new name—Sister Wendy. But nothing in Wendy’s life has ever been free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eTo earn her place, she must face the sacred mountain called the Firmament, survive rituals designed to lay her demons bare, and step into an internal war brewing between faith and deed—between those who believe salvation is spiritual… and those who believe it must be enforced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy cloak. My faith. My armor.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eIf you love secret-society intrigue, occult rituals, and slow-burn dread with grounded grit, the Faith \u0026amp; Deed series will pull you under and not let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eInside this series you’ll find:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e- A fiercely broken heroine clawing her way toward redemption\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e- Hidden temples, dangerous mentors, and forbidden truths\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e- Demonic infestations that feel uncomfortably human\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e- Found-family bonds, gallows humor, and relentless tension\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e- High stakes where doing the “right” thing can be the darkest choice of all\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRead the series in order:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e1) \u003cstrong\u003eAscension\u003c\/strong\u003e — Wendy’s “rescue” begins in the Sleep House… and ends on a mountain that doesn’t let people leave unchanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e2) \u003cstrong\u003eThe Order\u003c\/strong\u003e — Beneath Annapolis, Wendy learns the Sylvan Order’s rules, its secrets, and the price of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e3) \u003cstrong\u003eDen of Lies\u003c\/strong\u003e — On mission with her new allies, Wendy hunts a predator who twists reality—and discovers how easily truth becomes a weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: This is dark fiction and includes themes of addiction, trauma, and violence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ascension-faith-deed-book-1-paperback","title":"Ascension - Faith \u0026 Deed Book 1 (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Sleep House, God demands obedience—but Ascension demands everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWendy Holowitz has spent her life clawing through shadows—abandoned by family, betrayed by faith, and consumed by addiction. Now she festers beneath the stairs of the Sleep House, where a self-proclaimed God rules over the desperate with his blinding light and poisoned grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Wendy is chosen for the mysterious ritual known only as Ascension, she sees her chance for redemption. But the path to salvation is paved with blood and nightmares. Stalked by masked hunters in the fog-drenched mountains and haunted by visions of the dead, Wendy must confront horrors both real and imagined—demons that hunger for her flesh, and the darker truths she carries inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery step brings her closer to a revelation that will either deliver her or damn her forever. Because Ascension doesn’t free the faithful. It strips them bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Clive Barker, Paul Tremblay, and The Haunting of Hill House, Ascension is a visceral descent into madness, faith, and the fragile line between damnation and deliverance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sleep House is waiting. Step inside—if you dare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Making Adventure Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52146819956917,"sku":"MATKAFDPB1","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/6653\/9189\/files\/Ascension-Cover1.jpg?v=1767557643"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/6653\/9189\/collections\/Ascension_1.jpg?v=1769299718","url":"https:\/\/makingadventure.fun\/collections\/faith-deed-collection.oembed","provider":"Making Adventure Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}