Title: Playmates
First published: April 1982
Description: Such a charming little girl… The bodies were found, hideously mutilated, in a peaceful Irish wood.  A banshee’s wail struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it, signaling yet another horrible death. Demonic forces, dormant for centuries, prowled the countryside.  And it all began with little Troy Quinian’s imaginary playmates, who gave her a pretty ring with a strange green stone, and who fulfilled her every wish.  Only Troy’s grandfather understood the devastating power of Ireland’s ancient legends and the evil that lay concealed beneath the fairy tale surface, waiting for an innocent child through whom its fateful power could be unleashed. Waiting for a child like Troy…