Vintage Reads: 'Werewolves of Brooklyn' by Brad Vance
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I nabbed Brad Vance’s Werewolves of Brooklyn in a freebie pitch, never expecting to go on a subsequent purchasing frenzy of his backlog. In so doing, I saw he’d penned one of my favorite SciFi pieces, a commentary on social media and loneliness Less Than a Person and More Than a Dog, written as Orland Outland.
I was compelled to read Werewolves in anticipation of Indie Author Day, October 14th, a day to celebrate our indie authors. It also couldn't have been better timed as the paranormal theme fits right in with the upcoming Halloween season.
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About Werewolves of Brooklyn
Darien Mackey wasn’t looking for an adventure. For ten years, he’d been happy living in Brooklyn, working as a butcher in the same job, living in the same apartment, dating some “nothing-special” guys. Until one night his buddy Jacob talked him into taking ayahuasca, the soul-changing drug. And Darien had a vision…of a wolf, its all-too-human eyes on him, its paws on his chest, its enquiring mind in his own…
Darien Mackey is changing. He’s more confident, more assertive, hungrier, hornier. And his world is changing around him – his job, his home, his beloved Mechanic’s Library all falling victim to the predations of unscrupulous developers, bent on demolishing the old Brooklyn he loves and replacing it with a forest of condos. But he’s no longer a passive observer of his own life, and as this thing, this power, grows inside of him, he resolves to fight back, to preserve the way of life he loves.
And he’s not alone in the fight. The Lipsius Preservation Society of Brooklyn stands ready to assist in the battle, even though it seems like a bit of a joke to Darien, with its King and its Duke, Marquess, Earl and Viscount.
But there’s nothing funny about his growing attraction to Albeus Finley, King of this mysterious Court. And when slumlords and condo-mongers start to die mysterious, violent deaths at the hands of savage animals, Darien begins to realize that something is afoot in Brooklyn – something supernatural.
And it’s afoot in him, too…
