Publisher's Synopsis
Three months ago, sixteen year old Van Griffin's family was attacked by werewolves. He was the only survivor Nobody believes that the man he killed had been a raging beast when they fought, and not simply a wanted member of a vicious white supremacist group. Nobody in authority that is.Van has come to live with his aunt and cousin as part of the Mountain Hearth Kindred in Eastern Kentucky. It's a small community of followers of the Old Nordic Gods who have built a life for themselves into the local community. There, at least the community's spiritual leader believes him. But then there are those who say that Gareth lost his eye fighting a bear.When strange things begin to happen to him, Van slowly starts to realize that he may not have escaped that fight unchanged. Slowly he becomes wrapped up in the secrets of the small town of Wellman, Kentucky. Not everybody in the town is as accepting of him and his family as they let on and he makes not only friends but enemies as well. When the rest of the werewolf pack comes looking for revenge, things get hairy.After the werewolf attack on the Stein Home and the subsequent investigation, the lives of the teenagers at the Mountain Hearth Kindred in Wellman, Kentucky grow even stranger. Agent Ballenger of the FBI will not let go of his suspicions that Van had something to do with his parents death, and more secrets of the town are revealed.As Shelby and Caleb begin a romantic dance around each other where Shelby refuses to compromise on her faith, and Caleb tries not to stick his foot in his mouth about his own father's preferences concerning who he dates, Brett and Van slowly come to realize that there may be more between them than just friendship.Then the bodies begin to appear and all Helheim breaks loose. Van is a suspect in a murder he didn't commit, and Caleb is transformed by the strange creature that attacks him on the mountain. Brett begins to explore his growing mage-gift and Van learns to control the cat in his soul.Can Brett, Van and Shelby save Caleb from the grips of an undead werewolf and his jotuness handler? What is the dark secret about Caleb's sister that his father is hiding from him? Will Allison be transformed by the injury she sustained at the hands of the werewolves who attacked the Stein house? What secret does Bastian Davenport hide? And will Wellman's football team make it to the state playoff
