Wild Blood: A Novel

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A supernatural thriller that goes for the throat [and] doesnt let go... Among the best werewolf novels in recent memory from the Bram Stoker Awardwinning author (Rocky Mountain News).

After Skinner Cades mother dies, he learns he was adopted. Though his search for his Native American parents hits a dead end, his real name is revealed: Skinwalker.

His frustration explodes into a bar fight, landing him in prison. But everything changesincluding himselfwhen hes brought to the brink of death during a brutal attack. Skinner transforms into a werewolf, leaving a massacre in the wake of his jailbreak.

Once a college student, now a monster, Skinner embarks on a journey across the West, eventually encountering a pack of fellow vargr, members of a death metal band led by a twin brother and sister with twisted appetites. They take Skinner to the Howl, a werewolf gathering, where he learns about the legacy he carries in his bloodand after a violent melee, rises to become alpha of the pack. Its only when Skinner goes rogue to save his humanity that hell finally discover an inherited power, his true place in the worldand a prophesy only he can fulfill...

Praise for Nancy A.Collins

Possibly the most original voice in the world of vampire fiction since Anne Rice published Interview with a Vampire. Film Threat

Nancy Collins bone-colored, blood-smeared star... stands bright and hot at the pinnacle of the horror heap. Joe R.Lansdale, author of Moon Lake and Bubba Ho-Tep

If there is such a thing as a splatterpunk masterpiece, Nancy A.Collins has written it. Asimovs Science Fiction

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Typical high quality work from Collins. Four fangs. Scott H. Urban, Tekeli-li!

Author Bio

Nancy A. Collins has authored over twenty novels and novellas and numerous short stories, and worked on several comic books, including a two-year run on Swamp Thing. She is a recipient of the HWAs Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award, and has been nominated for the Eisner, John W. Campbell Memorial, and World Fantasy International Horror Guild Awards. Best known for her groundbreaking vampire series Sonja Blue, which heralded the rise of the popular urban fantasy genre, Collins is the author of the bestselling Sunglasses After Dark, the Southern Gothic collection Knuckles and Tales, and the Vamps series for young adults. Her most recent novel is Left Hand Magic, the second installment in the critically acclaimed Golgotham urban fantasy series. She currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia, with a Boston terrier.