Coming January 2025
The Taking
An unnatural silence and a feeling that you are all alone in the world.
A Debut Novel By Dona Masi
About the novel
John and his daughter, Vera, grieve the loss of Vera’s mother, who mysteriously disappeared when Vera was a baby. As John struggles to raise his troubled daughter, he dismisses connections between his wife’s disappearance and Vera’s bizarre dreams of otherworldly creatures.
But when he finds Vera unconscious, lying in a ring of scorched trees, he begins to believe that a mysterious outside force is controlling her fate and his.
The Taking is a suspenseful story depicting a loving but difficult relationship between a father and daughter, amid the strange events that underlie life in a small New England town.
What people are saying
about The Taking
There is a problem with The Taking by Dona Masi. It is too convincing a story of alien abduction. I read this ultra-vivid tale and cannot be convinced that it is not a true story or based on personal knowledge of alien abduction.
— Tom Paine, author of the NY Times Notable Book of the year "Scar Vegas" and finalist for the Pen/Hemingway award
The Taking, finds a most interesting way to bridge two very different worlds: the quaint New England village of Pangea, New Hampshire, and a place of uncertain location, light years away from the planet John Diparma and his daughter, Vera, call home.
— Ross Alan Bachelder, author of “Revenge: Tales Best Read in the Twilight Hours”
About the author
Dona Masi is a writer and editor whose short fiction and articles are used in reading and writing assessments throughout the United States.
Her debut novel, The Taking, was inspired by her interest in UFO folklore and reports of alien encounters.