Mastodon

<p><strong><em>*Nominated for a Splatterpunk Award for Best Novel!*</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An old-school creature thriller told with crisp pacing and kick-ass set pieces </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Steve Stred's Mastodon</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a monster-in-the-woods tale with some choice surprises and plenty of rampaging fun.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Andrew Pyper</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Residence The Damned and The Demonologist</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>17 years ago Tyler Barton was born in the Rocky Mountains while his parents were on a hike.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>On that day his mother disappeared never to be seen again.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now history repeats itself.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>On the 17th anniversary of her disappearance Tyler's father is flying home when the plane he's on disappears - in the same area where his mother was last seen.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Undeterred by officials Tyler decides to hike into the area in search of his father hoping to find him alive and bring him back to safety.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But there's a reason that area is prohibited to enter and even though Tyler doesn't care he'll soon find out that the wilderness can hide some of the deepest darkest fears known to man.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'Incarnate' 'The Window In the Ground' </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'Ritual'</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> comes a new novel that'll make you rethink your Summer hiking trip.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)></span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Steve Stred's Mastodon</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> reads like a cross between Gary Paulson's Hatchet and Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach Trilogy: a big-hearted adventure yarn with a dark and compelling mystery at its core.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Shaun Hamill</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Cosmology of Monsters</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>