Ravenous

When the residents of the coastal California town of Big Rock are plagued by a curse that is spread through sex, Sheriff Arlin Hurley and his men must stop the growing terror and discover that many of the old werewolf legends are just myths--the reality is far worse. Original.

From Publishers Weekly

A serial rapist is on the loose in the sleepy California town of Big Rock, and sheriff Farrell Hurley's secretary is the latest victim. When a self-proclaimed werewolf hunter named Daniel Fargo comes into town claiming that Big Rock has an infestation of the creatures, Hurley thinks the man is insane, until the eviscerated corpses and attacks by large animals start in earnest. For Garton, lycanthropy is an STD, spread mostly through rape, that runs rampant through a small town fraught with affairs and intrigues. His werewolf is a terrifying creature: not a remorseful, helpless cursed human but a homicidal beast driven by a dual urge to breed and feed. Hurley is a sheriff to root for, and Garton's well-paced horror novel reworks the werewolf myth to great effect. (Apr.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Reviews

News