WOLF SEASON

This adult debut is a detective thriller with a supernatural twist that sets the eerie thrills of a Stephen King novel against the wild beauty of a Yellowstone-esque world.

It's been seven long years since Everett Johnson set foot in Killdeer, Montana, but his father, the town sheriff, is missing, and Everett is determined to find him. Or bury him.

In the weeks before he vanished, Sheriff Dale Johnson was investigating the murder of Orsie Armel, found dead in the woods, shot with her own gun. Orsie came from a family of reclusive, powerful women, whose expansive farmstead has long been a target of local speculation, jealousy, and ire. She also happened to be the cousin of Bernadine Armel, the only woman Everett ever loved.

As the search for his father intensifies, he can't help getting pulled into the mystery of the girl's death and back into the path of Bernadine, still as beautiful and mysterious as ever. Forced to confront the past that has haunted him all these years and the dark rumors swirling around the Armels, Everett may have to choose between finding justice and protecting the woman he loves. Even if it kills him...

Lyrical and lush, with equal parts compelling interpersonal drama and hair-raising suspense, Wolf Season asks readers to consider what makes a monster, and reminds us that for every choice, there must always be a cost.

Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers. His debut, OCDaniel, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review from Booklist. The companion novel, Sara and the Search for Normal, received a starred review from School Library Journal and was the recipient of the Violet Downey Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. King has also written The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, A World Below, Butt Sandwich & Tree, Benny on the Case, and Kobe Bryant's New York Times bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Newfoundland.