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    The Men Who Howl
    The Men Who Howl
    The Men Who Howl
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    The Men Who Howl

    By Zac Shaw

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    The Men Who Howl is an adventure/fantasy inspired by mythological beings. This is the first novel in a series of four, set in the fictional kingdom of Unitopia.

    For no apparent reason things in Unitopia begin to evolve in drastic and deadly ways. A young man by the name of Jonathan Redclaw is one such victim of these changing times. Suffering tragedy at an early age when he lost his mother, he now lives and works with his father. That all ends when a vicious visitor arrives in town.

    He soon finds himself no longer a man, but not entirely animal either. Jonathan must train and learn how to control his new self if he is to protect his land and defeat the storm of werewolves that promises to break. Will he fight off this new curse? Or will the wolf within take control?

    Continue the Unitopia series to find out the secrets of the shadowy man in the blue cloak. He may just be the key to everything.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZac Shaw
    Release dateJun 16, 2018
    ISBN9780463240496
    The Men Who Howl
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    Zac Shaw

    Zac Shaw is a sixteen year old story teller. He loves his dogs, his rabbits and spinning a yarn. Zac writes books, makes films and is quite certainly the busiest teen around. His Unitopia four part book series is an adventure/fantasy that takes the reader on an action packed journey to far away lands. Read the first novel The Men Who Howl, available now at your favourite ebook retailer.

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      The Men Who Howl - Zac Shaw

      The Men

      Who Howl

      by Zac Shaw

      Copyright © 2018 Zac Shaw

      Distributed by Smashwords

      https://www.ZacariahShaw.com

      All rights reserved. Copyright of Zac Shaw 2018. Without limiting the aforementioned rights under copyright reserved, this publication and any portion thereof may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior express written permission of the author.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Prologue

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      About the Author

      Books by Zac Shaw

      Excerpt from Unitopia Book 2 - The Life Thieves

      For my hilarious dogs Hollywood and Polly,

      who have no idea that they are not human.

      You two make me laugh everyday.

      Prologue

      To the Lord of Golden Rock

      There once lived men who ate other men. Not that they knew what they were doing. They weren’t in their right mind, nor were they in their right body. The wolves that ate the farmer’s sheep were nothing compared to these men. These men will run forth into the town of Golden Rock and slaughter hundreds of people. These men cannot be reasoned with. These men cannot see logic. These men cannot feel remorse. These men are not men. These men are animals. No known mortal weapon can harm them. No force can stop them and no food can quench their hunger.

      Though only a few souls know that they are men, you may wonder how can this be. The answer is one that almost none would believe. Any who called them men would be cast off as mad. They would think them crazy. However, deep down the people know that I speak the truth, that this is not legend, this is reality.

      The stories they heard as children were not stories at all but facts. No one wants to embrace that the impossible may be possible, because if they did their reality would collapse. They would no longer know what was truth and what was a lie. They would fear what was now unknown.

      So they live in denial. For they will never accept the extraordinary, not even if they see it with their own eyes. Unfortunately that denial will be their doom. The men who eat other men are out there. They’re hungry for blood. For all the people know; they could be walking among them right now. Disguised as your neighbour, a friendly traveller, trying to hide the monster within. When we think of them as human they walk among us. However when we think of them as monsters; they become their true selves, wolves. The men who eat other men are wolves but they are also men. This is a truth that most cannot accept.

      When the moon becomes full these men transform into wolves.

      No one has seen the change they see them as wolves and nothing more. But wolves the size of horses. Do wolves have an impenetrable pelt? Do wolves have an endless hunger for human flesh? Do wolves only appear at a full moon?

      The people already know that these are werewolves they just cannot accept it. Please heed my warning. Get everyone out of Golden Rock while you still can. You must act quickly, for when they come, they will show no mercy.

      Bill Brainborn

      Chapter One

      The Redclaw Family

      In this world of fantasy there was a town called Dark Oak (a small village that earns most of its funds by cutting down and selling the surrounding trees - hence the name Dark Oak) that was built in the deepest, darkest woods in the area. This town was one of many in the Kingdom of Unitopia. Many who live there dream of leaving and journeying to the capital of Unitopia: Castle Vemork. That is where Queen Luna Lightstorm lives alongside the rest of the royal family. Every child wished that they could be a royal as they were the richest and the most powerful people in all of the land.

      The people of Dark Oak were not so lucky. They were the poorest town in the kingdom and struggled each year to survive the winter. In this town lives a young seventeen year old teenager by the name of Jonathan Redclaw. He lives with his father, Benjamin Redclaw, in a small cabin at the edge of the town. Benjamin is the town’s chief hunter and provides almost all the meat for the butcher. Jonathan aspires to be just like his father and one day become the greatest hunter in the world. Like his father he has dark brown hair and blue eyes and wears his hunting habit of brown pants, a throwing knife belt, a grey shirt and a satchel.

      Despite his terrible archery skills Jonathan is a brilliant tracker and is rather good with a knife (both throwing and skinning). The boy’s mother, Katrina Redclaw, was also a hunter and a good one at that. She met Benjamin when they were both very young and they were married a short time later. Sadly, only three months after Jonathan was born, she was killed by a brown bear whilst on a hunting trip. Since that day Benjamin has raised Jonathan alone. It hasn’t always been easy but Benjamin is the most wonderful father to Jonathan. The two live and train together as if it is them against the world.

      One morning, three days before the winter season broke, Jonathan awoke from his bed and ran downstairs to see his father. When he arrived he couldn’t find him. Benjamin was nowhere in sight. That was when Jonathan noticed a piece of parchment on the dining table next to a hot bowl of oatmeal.

      It said: "Jonathan, because winter is almost upon us I have left the house early in order to get a head start on my daily hunting trip, so that we might have plenty of food for the winter. I have already made you your breakfast as you can see. Make sure you eat it all and while I’m gone continue practicing your archery skills. I’ll be home by nightfall. Have

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