the Night of Twelve Bells

In Valdombre, the bells never ring after sunset. Until that night.By morning, the village chief is found dead, his body torn open by impossible claws. Then the Bell-Ringer appears, a figure believed to belong only to children's tales. His warning freezes Valdombre: three wolves are hiding among the villagers. Each night, they will kill. Each day, the village must condemn one of its own.Théon, a simple candle-lighter in the catacombs, thought he had no part to play in this madness. But when he discovers that he can claim the gifts of the dead, he becomes one of the key pieces in a macabre game where every vote can save the village or deliver it to the jaws of the pack.For the wolves lie with human voices. They weep with human eyes. They love with human hearts. And when they die, their curse can still bite an innocent soul.In Valdombre, the living vote by day. The wolves kill by night. And the dead keep playing beneath the twelve bells.

Pages: 81, Paperback, Independently published