A Pack : A Novel

Cherry, Nebraska, population 312, is just off the highway between the sticks and the boonies. It's where Dave Rhodes and his friends have lived all their lives. They own businesses, raise families, pay taxes, deal with odd neighbors, and, once or twice a month--just like their fathers before them--transform into wolves. It's not a bad life, but when one of the group members goes astray, it sets in motion a series of events that will threaten to destroy the delicate balance that has kept Dave and his clan off the radar. Between a son getting ready for his first transformation--called The Scratch--a wife with sordid secrets, a new sheriff who knows nothing of the creatures in his midst, and a mysterious man in a bow tie with a shady agenda, the middle of nowhere is about to get very dangerous. Small town life unravels as monstrous secrets emerge in this quirky Midwestern werewolf thriller from the author of FantasticLand. Cherry, Nebraska, is just off the highway between the sticks and the boonies. It’s where Dave Rhodes and his friends have lived all their lives. They own businesses, raise families, pay taxes, deal with odd neighbors, and, once or twice a month—just like their fathers before them—transform into wolves. It’s not a bad life, as long as everyone follows the rules. But when a member of Dave’s pack goes dangerously astray, it sets in motion a terrifying series of events that could destroy the delicate balance of their tiny town—a balance that has so far kept their existence under the radar. Between a son getting ready for his first transformation, a wife with sordid secrets, a new sheriff who knows nothing of the creatures in his midst, and a mysterious man in a bow tie with a shady agenda, the middle of nowhere is about to show its teeth. Real, raw, and funny, small-town cops, hard-drinking locals, and a family of werewolves make for an uneasy coexistence in this pulpy supernatural thriller set in a sleepy Nebraska town.