Growls in the Dark

<p>Wes Keen signed up for solitude not shredded corpses.</p><p>After six years as an Army medic and a brief soul-sucking stint as a NYC paramedic Wes escapes to the remote wilderness of Land Between the Lakes as a seasonal park ranger. He's looking for peace quiet and maybe a little time to forget. What he gets instead is blood on the trail missing hikers and claw marks that don't match anything in the field guide.</p><p>Joined by Alicia Murphy a no-nonsense former cop and Bob Newlin a perpetually stoned philosopher who may or may not be legally employed Wes is dragged into a deadly mystery lurking in the trees. The deeper they investigate the worse it gets-something unnatural is stalking the woods. Something smart. Something savage.</p><p>And when they manage to kill one of the creatures and recover the body their problems multiply. Black helicopters. Armed agents. A kill team sent to erase every trace-starting with them.</p><p>Outgunned outnumbered and surrounded Wes and his crew barricade themselves in the ranger station for one long violent night. If they want to survive-and if they want the truth to reach the outside world-they'll need to outthink both monsters and men.</p><p>There are no reinforcements coming. There's no cavalry. There's just a sarcastic ex-medic a pissed-off ranger a paranoid retiree and a stoned guy with a shotgun named <em>Betty Boom Boom</em>.</p><p>And they're all that stands between a forest full of nightmares... and a truth that was never meant to be uncovered.</p><p><strong>Growls in the Dark</strong> is a fast-paced cryptid horror thriller filled with dark humor brutal tension and characters you'll wish were real-until the screaming starts. Perfect for fans of <em>The Ritual</em> <em>Hunter Shea</em> <em>Mark Tufo</em> and anyone who's ever looked at the woods at night and thought Nope.</p>