The Hunting Season
By (Author) Dean Vincent Carter
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Corgi Childrens
15th April 2015
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
823.92
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
181g
A thrilling werewolf story from the 'New Stephen King' Eight years ago, the Austrian emergency services were called to the scene of a bizarre car accident.Eight years ago two mangled bodies were found in the snow not far from the vehicle, clawed and chewed, it seemed, by some ferocious animal.Eight years ago something unspeakable took Gerontius Moore's parents from him, leaving him orphaned and alone... And now, that something, is back.Caught up in a hunt he was never meant to be a part of, and finding help from a most unlikely source, Gerontius must once more flee the clutches of an appalling beast, before it learns its business is unfinished.Full moon or not, the hunt is on.
Stephen King for teens * Newbury Weekly News *
Dean Carter began writing short stories at the age of fourteen. After graduating from Thames Valley University with a degree in English and Media Studies, he worked in sales and as a bookseller before getting a job in the facilities department at Transworld Publishers and Random House Children's Books. His writing talent was spotted by his editor after she read his company-wide emails. His first novel, The Hand of the Devil was published in 2006 to great critical acclaim. He lives in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex.