Werewolf in the Wooded Valley a Nathaniel Caine Adventure

1851. Somewhere deep in the Pennsylvania woods lies a secluded valley that's home to an isolated religious sect sworn to peace. It's the perfect hunting ground. Something is killing young women. But is it a man or a beast? Or something else? When young Nathaniel Caine and his friend Gibson Shaw stray into the valley, five girls are already dead. Nathaniel Caine only sees violence being done to a nonviolent people. But Gibson Shaw sees the supernatural at work, a fiend from the Old World whose whispered name is a word of terror for the stricken villagers. Werewolf. The university students are supposed to be on holiday but they're compelled to stay and unravel the mystery, even if they have different reasons. But there's more to the mystery than who, or what, is the murderer. A tense drama is unfolding and the green young men must also deal with the players. Old Lucah calls himself a powwow man, an herbalist and healer. But he lives as a hermit in the woods. Is all his lore for the good or has being shunned driven him to darkness? Elisabeth is a breathtaking beauty but a profound sadness hangs on her. Is it mere grief and loneliness or is she keeping a terrible secret? The Bishop is a grim patriarch who seems to care more about his reputation than the safety of his flock. How can he preach peace and yet be gripped by such rage toward the outsiders? How will Caine and Shaw fare against such fell forces? Faith and belief against violence and paranoia. Folk magic and black powder against a wolfish terror. Dark desire against the pure light of a first love. All leading to a night of terror when the nature of the beast will finally be revealed. And for Caine...a final impossible choice. Fans of Joe R. Lansdale, and Mike Resnick, and all things Weird West will love this page turning Nathaniel Caine Adventure.

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