![]() There is lots of sexual activity in this book along with tearing fangs and gore ripping throughout this book as the author, Ray Garton, brings a whole new name to the word "werewolf" as he takes this story into the extreme side of life! which is when this book goes into high gear! ![]() The interesting thing about the rape victims is that they do not die, but they do pass on werewolf STD (yeah you read that right) to their lovers, husbands, etc. The werewolves are lethal and ferocious as they make the town their hunting grounds!īodies do pile up within this book, but there are some people that the werewolves use for breeding as well which as you can imagine there is lots of rape and torture within this book as well. There are lots of characters within these pages and I will not go into details with all of them as there is just too many. In Big Rock, California which is a small town near the coast becomes infested with werewolves which go on a rampage through the town. ![]() ![]() Wow! What a bloody-romping-roaring-gore fest this story turned out to be! I discovered a new author to pursue as well as this was my first book by author, Ray Garton. ![]()
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Jerome's University ( University of Waterloo) ( BA)ĭavid Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American novelist whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. ![]() ![]() As a result, the border represents the limit, or the furthest extent, of space over which a government has sovereignty.Within its borders, a single government has complete authority, which is unaffected by other governments. ![]() The space between sovereign states is defined by an international boundary. It is not necessary that the boundary lines only split two countries these can be between states, cities or even provinces. The symbol for international boundary is a combination of dashes and/or dots. 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