SAVANNAH, GA, July 22, 2004 -- Savannah resident Macey Wuesthoff’s first novel Sacrifice has just been published in both paperback and electronic formats by Amber Quill Press.

The adult horror novel focuses on fourteen year-old Angel Fallow, who has always believed that her natural father died right after her birth. So upon learning he actually disappeared and was presumed dead, she and her best friend Peter set out to find him. That’s when they discover two forces more powerful than any they ever imagined—the light of a beautiful first love, and the darkness that has caused so many of their town’s children to suddenly die or disappear. As their relationship deepens, they unearth evidence of a local Satanist cult, its sacrifices of innocent children, and its horrifying connection to Angel's father. That same cult conducts its gruesome rituals with children who fit their physical profile, within the same woods where they meet. And they realize their discovery could cost them everything—including their lives...

Mayra Calvani of the Horror Author’s Network says of Sacrifice, “I literally finished the book in two days. Like a puppet master, Ms. Wuesthoff kept me turning those pages and played with my mind as I was filled with a whirlpool of unsettling emotions—hopelessness, fear, outrage, sadness, and above all, terror. Oozing with suspense, this is a powerful and horrifying story that will linger in my thoughts and disturb my dreams for months to come. Indeed, Ms. Wuesthoff will likely become a name to be reckoned with in the horror genre.”

Sacrifice can be purchased at the web addresses http://amberquill.com/Sacrifice.html, booksurge.com, and other select retailers. It may also be ordered from brick-and-mortar bookstores upon presentation of the paperback ISBN number: 1-59279-835-7.

Sacrifice is published under the pen name Macey Baggett Wuesthoff. Macey is a native of Florence, AL, where she graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Alabama with a degree in language arts, secondary education. She has had several press releases published, won a scholarship award for written research on childlessness by choice, placed second in three writing contests, and been published in two literary anthologies. She has a self-designed dynamic website, www.maceyshouseofhorror.com. You can also find out more about her at www.authorsden.com/macey and http://amberquill.com/bio_Wuesthoff.html.

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