In Blood and Bone: 1 (The Dark Season)

The fate of the world may rest on the shoulders of three strangers -- a convenience store clerk the estranged daughter of religious fanatics and a police detective focused on making it to retirement -- when theyre drawn together in a single ill-fated night.The moment Clover walked into AJs store he knew he had to ask her out. Before he can do much more than say hello a junkie stumbles in demanding to know AJs name. The moment AJ tells him he attacks AJ and Clover. The violent attack ends when AJ fatally wounds him to save Clover.Detective John Lubbock catches the case. It seems like a random act of violence until he digs further into the junkies origins. He finds CCTV footage from a block away where the man appears to overdose and cease breathing an hour before he attacked AJ and Clover. Lubbock tells himself there has to be a rational explanation. The alternative that a dead junkie attacked AJ and Clover is just too weird to consider.Then AJ is attacked again under even more disturbing circumstances. Suddenly Lubbock cant ignore whats happening. Something wants AJ dead. And he knows more about what that something is than hes told AJ or Clover. The dark season is coming. Now he must make a choice: help stop whats coming or walk away and save himself.Shape shifters and the occult collide in this dark thriller perfect for fans of Stephen King Joe Hill and Dean Koontz.