Stories of corporate or government sponsored spies and assassins, often in international settings, are certainly entertaining, often thrilling reads; but I have long been intrigued by stories of ordinary people thrown by circumstance into extraordinary situations. How would a housewife or teacher, a secretary or salesman react when unexpectedly confronted with a terrifying, maybe even life-threatening situation, especially one initiated at the hands of another? That was the premise as I began Rising From Darkness, the tale of a young woman who happened to be, along with her boyfriend and fathe...