Fear

College professor James Lowry, a firm disbeliever in the world of demons and devils, inexplicably "loses" four hours of his life, and in his quest to remember what happened, he ventures into a dark hell from which there is no escape What would you do if you completely lost four hours of your life? James Lowry, adventuring ethnologist and college professor, is a 'logical' man. He firmly disbelieves in notions of demons and devils--they are just illusions of the mind, of course. Professor Lowry even denies their very existence in a newspaper article. But fate has a gruesome surprise waiting for Lowry. He loses his hat, and inexplicably, four critical hours of his life. He then begins a quest--taking him into the vortex of his darkest Hell--from which there is no escape Professor James Lowry Didn' Believe In Spirits, Or Witches, Or Demons. Not Until A Gentle Spring Evening When His Hat Disappeared, And Suddenly He Couldn't Remember The Last Four Hours Of His Life. Now, The Quiet University Town Of Atworthy Is Changing - Slightly At First, Then Faster And More Frighteningly Each Time He Tries To Remember. Lowry Is Pursued By A Dark, Secret Evil That Is Turning His Whole World Against Him While It Whispers A Warning From The Shadows: If You Find Your Hat You'll Find Your Four Hours. L. Ron Hubbard.