Savage Membrane: Cal McDonald, Monster Hunter, Book 1

Cal McDonald has made a career helping and hunting the dark creatures that haunt the world, and has made as many friends as he has enemies. Among the docile ghouls of the city he is a friend. But to most, those who prey on innocent human lives, Cal is a sworn enemy. After years of cases, Cal finds himself in the middle of the strangest adventure of his life. People are dropping dead all over Washington, D.C., and the cause is a mystery. The bodies are unmarked, yet all brain matter is missing from their skulls; in fact, the brains are completely gone¨. In the tradition of the hardboiled fiction of Hammett and Chandler, Savage Membrane takes readers on a bizarre trip through an America populated by monsters, freaks, and ghouls. In the dark corners of the everyday world, strange beings walk among us. They live as postal workers and taxi drivers, lurking in the sewers and roaming the streets, ever awake and always on the hunt. And only Cal McDonald has the special talent for spotting and seeking out what most of us will never see.

About the Author

Steve Niles is the bestselling writer of 30 Days of Night-one of the hottest comic book titles in recent memory, and soon to be made into a major motion picture. Other recent comic book work includes the 30 Days sequel Dark Days, Wake the Dead (a modern retelling of Frankenstein) and Criminal Macabre (a Cal McDonald Mystery). Steve began his career by founding his own publishing company, Arcane Comix, where he published, edited, and adapted comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison, and Richard Matheson. Originally from Washington, D.C., Steve now resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Nikki, and their three black cats.

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