In the sequel "Doctor Sleep", the character Abra is also born with a caul and has paranormal abilities. In the romance book "The Amityville Horror" by Jay Anson (1977), Francine, a medium that tried to help the Lutz family by making a "reading" in their house, stated that she was born with the "Venetian veil" (a caul). Later, George Lutz found out that this meant she was "very sensitive to the energies". In Majgull Axelsson's "April Witch", both of the central characters Hubertsson and Desirée are "born to the caul". In Guillermo del Toro's and Chuck Hogan's "The Fall", the second installment of "The Strain" trilogy, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather's son, Zack, is described as being "born in the caul". In Ami McKay's "The Birth House", the main character, Dora Rare, is born with a caul over her eyes. Because the character is born in a sailing town, the caul is considered valuable, and the mother gives it to the midwife for safe keeping. When the caul is presented to Dora as an adult, she does not allow her husband to take it and he drowns that very night. Dean Koontz talks about cauls in his novel "Whispers". Twins were born, both with a caul. "She was fascinated. You know, some people think that a child born with a caul has the gift of second sight." However, the mother believes it's the mark of a demon. Tina McElroy Ansa's novel "Baby of the Family" features a lead character born with the caul. She struggles to deal with the ability to see spirits due to her family's inability to believe in the phenomenon and properly prepare her to deal with her gift. In Orson Scott Card's novel "Seventh Son", the first part of the series "The Tales of Alvin Maker", Alvin Miller (the seventh son of a seventh son) is born with a caul, a sign of his extraordinarily strong magical gifts. In Ole Edvart Rølvaag's "Giants in the Earth", Beret and Per Hansa's son, Peder Seier (or Peder Victorious), is born with the caul. Per Hansa was a fisherman in Norway before coming to the plains of South Dakota, and the symbolism of the caul is important to these particular immigrants. In an attempt to stay true to the original Norwegian text, the translation refers to the caul as "the helmet".