Description du livre
The boy is a fugitive, hunted for the incredible power flowing through his veins. The men on his trail are not police; they are a relentless team of corporate mercenaries armed with silver and advanced technology. When they lay siege to walt’s remote cabin, he must form an unlikely alliance with the boy to survive the night.
Trapped, outgunned, and facing an enemy that wants the boy alive at any cost, walt is forced to unleash a lifetime of survival skills. But to win this fight, he must confront the monster that destroyed his life two decades ago and embrace a violent destiny he never knew he had.
You'll discover:
•The horrifying roots of werewolf myths across cultures
•Real-life accounts from survivors who claim they came face-to-face with the beast
•Historical documents and unexplained deaths linked to lycanthropy
•The chilling overlap between folklore, madness, and murder
This common understanding of vampires actually obscures many european and most non-european traditions of bloodsucking monsters. For example, in china, japan, and the middle east, there are spirits that will drain the life force of an unwary person, but these magical beings were never mortal humans. In african and native american traditions, there are monsters that do the same, but while they are supposed to be of this earth, they too are not human beings. Furthermore, folklore changes over time, so the vampires people are familiar with today (and the ones some people claim to actually meet) bear little resemblance to the vampires of early modern europe.