What if? The Madden Way – Ugly truths.

There has been more and more discontent among the Colts’ players. You could feel the atmosphere getting more and more intense so the Week 4 match up against divisional foe, Jaguars was very important for the team.
Both running backs had great games with Talbot recording 96 yds on 17 carries including a touchdown. High expectations towards Jackson finally had been met when he got two touchdowns, on 15 carries, 54 yds wasn’t a great deal but the scores were.
Unfortunately the team lost another game when Jacksonville drive late for a winning touchdown leaving Colts measly 15 seconds. The scoreboard read 34-41 in favour of guest team. Luck had a decent game going for 272 yds (21-35, 2-0) but was easily outplayed on the opposite side of turf with Bortles dropping 442 yds on the Colts D (29-45, 4-1). It was time for serious talks within the franchise. It really was.
Things got really out of hand in Dallas where Washington was playing. Liam Magician looked uncomfortable since the go and was replaced after one quarter where he threw one pick and completed only 2 passes out of 7 attempts for 67 yards. He looked hurt and the Redskins were easily defeated 10-22.
In San Francisco there was plenty of hope for the local team that played against the Cardinals but it became quickly quite obvious that another loss was on its way when at halftime the score was 7-20. Eventually the Cardinals got the win 27-17 and the 49ers were scratching their heads, so was Magician who finished first time scoreless this season with only 2 catches for 22 yards.
It came to the point, everyone needed to rethink their ideas and plans as they obviously weren’t working at all.

Spirit – Graham Masterton

Despite its title “Spirit” by Graham Masterton isn’t a typical ghost, scary story. No the novel goes much deeper and hits you on completely different level, one that you’re more likely experience at one point of your life. Well hopefully the circumstances are not going to be as dreadful as you’ll find in this book.
The book grabs you by the throat from the very beginning when you witness a five years old girl named Peggy falls into a swimming pool one cold, winter day. She gets trapped under the sheet of ice and soon she drowns and leaves her parents and two older sisters, Elizabeth and Laura in deep, deep grief that just spills out of the book’s pages gripping your neck making it hard to swallow.
Peggy’s family slowly accepts the death of Peggy despite feeling of guilt and neglect but due to some terrifying events that happen around Peggy’s sister, they start believing that their younger sister somehow looks after them from beyond her grave.
It turns out that Peggy’s spirit can still influence the living and becoming quite a danger.
Masterton beautifully and painfully describes the pain within the family as the years goes by, and mixes the well known myths and legends with the plot of the story suggesting that people who died a specific death can come back to the world of the living under the person of their beloved hero. In case of Peggy it was The Snow Queen and as a reader you might find plenty of references to to the famous title of Hans Christian Andersen.
Masterton introduces readers to the magic world of ghosts, still reminding us that he is still a horror books author. It is very hard to classify “Spirit” and put it on a shelf with other books of the same category as it is very hard to find a category for this title. You won’t find plenty of terror here but suspense and thriller will keep you on your toes from beginning till the end.