Strangeways

Alternate Titles

• Murder moon

Description

"Two towns: one living and one not-quite dead. Westward bound, ex-soldier Seth Collins finds a ruined village named Drytown. Just why is it that everyone in Drytown seems to want to avoid the sun? Before long, Collins find Drytown isn't a village, but a deathtrap. But who's setting it with live human bait? There's no clear answers, and only just barely time to escape to safety in the nearby town of Cedar Creek. The monsters from Drytown are thirsty enough to follow and hunt, even in the sunlight now. Led by their master, Raphael de Medina, the creatures are driven by desire and addiction and will not stop until they've drunk every single drop. Husbands hunt wives, men of faith are shaken, the law provides no safety, and one man's hunt for revenge may doom all the living souls of both towns to a monstrous kind of half-life, to thirst without end."--P. [4] of cover.

Description

"1868. Ex-Army officer Seth Collins is trying to forget the horrors of the Civil War when he finds himself faced with another kind of horror altogether. Something, not someone, is hunting the people of Silver Branch, including Collins' estranged sister. A strange and seemingly unkillable wolf prowls the wilderness, killing not simply for pleasure, but to utterly destroy Silver Branch. But this is a town with its own secrets, ones that it won't give up willingly. Collins shortly finds himself trapped between the obligations of family and friendship. These duties lead him straight into darkness, where he has to find a way to defeat a creature that is neither man nor beast, all the while threatened by the very town he's trying to save" -- p. [4] of cover.

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Other Editions

• Strangeways: Murder MoonHighway 62 Press2008-01-01
• ThirstyHighway 62 Press2008-01-01