The Touch - Owen Brookes

This description suggests The Touch by Owen Brookes is a horror novel centered on a supernatural or satanic entity unleashed upon the town of Somerville. As this malevolent force influences the town’s children, they succumb to violent, frenzied behavior, endangering everyone around them. With the town isolated, engulfed in chaos, and burning, it becomes a battlefield dominated by these corrupted hordes.

The story unfolds as the townspeople grapple with their terror, and one man must make an extraordinary and likely tragic sacrifice to stop the destructive force and save what remains of Somerville. Themes of possession, sacrifice, and the fragility of human order run through the novel.