Growls in the Dark

Wes Keen signed up for solitude, not shredded corpses.

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. Hes 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 dont match anything in the field guide.

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.

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.

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-theyll need to outthink both monsters and men.

There are no reinforcements coming. Theres no cavalry. Theres just a sarcastic ex-medic, a pissed-off ranger, a paranoid retiree, and a stoned guy with a shotgun named Betty Boom Boom.

And theyre all that stands between a forest full of nightmares... and a truth that was never meant to be uncovered.

Growls in the Dark is a fast-paced cryptid horror thriller filled with dark humor, brutal tension, and characters youll wish were real-until the screaming starts. Perfect for fans of The Ritual, Hunter Shea, Mark Tufo, and anyone whos ever looked at the woods at night and thought, "Nope."