ANGEL

Riverside, California, is a quiet, peaceful community until the Darkness arrives and starts trouble at a local high school. Silently moving about in the shadows, it whispers in the ears of those who are hurting or angry at the world for actual and perceived slights they have faced. Mandy is a cheerleader with plans to attend college after graduation and become a school teacher. She wakes one morning to find AI-created pictures of herself posted on Social Media. She is cruelly dealt a harsh blow when she learns that her boyfriend has turned on her and announced on social platforms that they are no longer together. Michelle has lived through her parents' divorce and her mother's hard fall into addiction. Resentful of her father's happiness in his second marriage, she has made some poor choices. When the opportunity arises to steal a fellow cheerleader's boyfriend, she goes on the attack to destroy the girl through Social Media. Brian, a physically slight young man, has been bullied for years. All his pleas for help from his parents and teachers have been futile. Taking matters into his own hands, he will soon be rid of those who have tormented him. Pam is deeply in love with the star football player at their high school. He has proclaimed his love to her for years, but a change reveals his true self to be callous and selfish. In answer to prayers, a mysterious young man named Angel intervenes in their lives. He leads them, one by one, to Abiding Presence, where a small group of Christians tries to assist them in their struggles against evil. Keywords: Suicide, God, Cyber-bullying, Teen-Pregnancy, Addiction, Forgiveness, Revenge, Peer-Pressure, Angel, Satan, Social Media