About
JACK MANHIRE (aka ARKHEM J. CAIN) lives with his wife on their homestead in Central Texas where they raise chickens, goats, and their nine children.
His novels delve into the crossroads where the familiar meets the bizarre, where the natural meets the supernatural, addressing the profound human emotional and relational conflicts that shape our existence.
He loves hearing from readers (the good, the bad, and the ugly) so feel free to reach out to him personally. Because of his position with the government, he writes his novels under a pen name, but all other information about him is factual.
Featured Work
The Eighth Sacrament: A Supernatural Thriller
In the shadowy corners of New York City, Detective Ed Holloway has stared down the barrel at criminals of every kind. Yet, nothing can prepare him for the ancient evil stirring beneath the city’s gritty streets.
The world watches in awe as the Catholic Church unveils a new ritual—the Eighth Sacrament. Promising an unprecedented connection with the afterlife, it offers solace, mystery, and a glimpse beyond death’s veil. But not all miracles come from the light.
As the faithful flock for a chance to speak with lost loved ones, a dark force seizes its moment to rise. Ed Holloway, caught in a web of supernatural intrigue and earthly peril, discovers the sacrament’s true purpose—a facade for a secret society’s vision of the apocalypse. Thrust into an unlikely alliance with a determined young exorcist and a beautiful INTERPOL agent, Ed rushes from the frenetic cityscape of Manhattan to the shadowy catacombs of the Vatican. Battling a maze of supernatural threats and human deceit, the trio races against time to save humanity from a hellish demise.
With every soul hanging in the balance, will Ed be able to stop this ancient evil before it consumes the world as we know it?
