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When it comes to apocalyptic fiction, zombies and vampires have both had ample opportunity to wreak world-ending havoc. Now’s the time for werewolves to have their chance.
“Werewolves have terrified me since I was little,” says Travis Heermann, author of The Wild Boys. “Something about werewolves, people who can shape-change into animals — something about that is maybe built in to us. We respond to it on a very deep level.”
Those shapeshifters come to life in The Wild Boys thanks to a bio-engineered plague that tilts the balance in nature against humanity, knocking us down a notch on the food chain. A young half-Japanese girl comes face-to-face with this new reality when her only friend is murdered and three lost boys show up on her doorstep, naked and in need of help. If she can help them, maybe she can help us all — if it’s not already too late.
Heermann will be at Bean Fosters, 720 Golden Ridge Road in Golden, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today to sign the book. For more information, visit www.travisheermann.com.
Sat., Dec. 29, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 2012
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