Who Gives a Howl

During Eric Sharpe’s senior year in high school, he prevents Jimmy Page, the school bully, from taking a student’s lunch money. His decision to intervene begins a methodical deception. Unknown to Eric and the other students, Jimmy is slaughtered by two werewolves the evening before graduation and the deception will reach its climax one year later during the first full moon of summer. At that time numerous werewolves will sacrifice their lives, if necessary, while having one resolve…Kill Eric Sharpe. This is the first of four books in the “Howl” series and follows Eric’s life as he is recruited by a private society to eliminate werewolves and vampires. The first sequel will be titled, Still Don't Give a Howl, since it is a continuation of the first book. Having a prominent religious background, David J. Deines applied his extensive religious knowledge when writing this novel. After all, such demonic beasts usually oppose the Christian God, Holy Bible and religions; thereby presenting the ultimate battles between good and evil.

From Kirkus Reviews

“This novel set in the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980s reveals its tone in its opening pages: A beast, posing as a Baptist minister, shows the minister’s wife the corpse of a man recently disemboweled. The shocked wife cries out for God’s intervention, but the beast assures her that no god is coming.In the following scene readers then see teenage protagonist Eric Sharpe stuck in an outhouse, armed with a gun loaded with massive silver bullets, as he hides from a cadre of werewolves that has it in for him. The story largely switches back and forth between Eric’s present-day adventures and those of one year before, when Eric is in high school, fighting off bullies and catching the attention of evil forces.This nonlinear storytelling sets the stage for a tale of God’s good warriors facing off against evil, deceptive monsters. Deception, in fact, is the book’s major theme: What truly makes werewolves monstrous, Deines seems to say, is their capacity for deception.The book’s flowing thematic currents make it consistently intriguing, and its action provides solid entertainment and catharsis throughout.A fun, dark horror tale.”

About the Author

After having a prominent religious background, David J. Deines applied his extensive religious knowlege when writing this novel. After all, such demonic beasts usually oppose the Christian God, Holy Bible and religions; thereby presenting the ultimate battles between good and evil. Also, living in Arkansas with my backyard bordering a forest, nighttime works on the imagination of having various creatures roaming the dark shadows. That gave me the idea for the four part Howl series.

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