Memento meets Dracula in this heart-thudding, unpredictable, and beautifully crafted novel of a man exposed for crimes he doesnāt remember committing, and the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all, from celebrated and critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt.
On a rainy night, Luke Oshel gets stood up halfway through a blind date. But before she walks off to the bathroom and never returns, she leaves an old photograph under her napkināLuke as a child, a dead body in the shadows of his bedroom, and a terrifying masked man. He has no recollection of this event.
Then more photos disrupt his lifeāLuke posing with murder victims, covered in bloodāand he falls back into the deep paranoia and repressed memories heās tried to leave behind. All the drugs and alcohol, therapy, and hypnosis sessions have never conquered his deepest fearāthat he hasnāt escaped the hidden legacy of his father, who killed his victims by exsanguination before his own death. But now there is a new string of serial killings, and the evidence all points to Luke.
As his journey to uncover the truth unfolds in the North Georgia Appalachians, a threat arises that will risk everything he holds close, including his ex-wife and their young daughter. Now Luke must chase his fatherās darkness through a centuries-old secret and learn what monsters truly are. And decide if heās one of them.
Memento meets Dracula in this heart-thudding, unpredictable, and beautifully crafted novel of a man exposed for crimes he doesnāt remember committing, and the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all, from celebrated and critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt.
On a rainy night, Luke Oshel gets stood up halfway through a blind date. But before she walks off to the bathroom and never returns, she leaves an old photograph under her napkināLuke as a child, a dead body in the shadows of his bedroom, and a terrifying masked man. He has no recollection of this event.
Then more photos disrupt his lifeāLuke posing with murder victims, covered in bloodāand he falls back into the deep paranoia and repressed memories heās tried to leave behind. All the drugs and alcohol, therapy, and hypnosis sessions have never conquered his deepest fearāthat he hasnāt escaped the hidden legacy of his father, who killed his victims by exsanguination before his own death. But now there is a new string of serial killings, and the evidence all points to Luke.
As his journey to uncover the truth unfolds in the North Georgia Appalachians, a threat arises that will risk everything he holds close, including his ex-wife and their young daughter. Now Luke must chase his fatherās darkness through a centuries-old secret and learn what monsters truly are. And decide if heās one of them.