Once Were Wolves - Softcover

Jim Toland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970210973 ISBN 13: 9780970210975

Publisher: Rico Press, 2015

Synopsis

San Francisco newspaper reporter Ray Corvus lives with a family secret that has surfaced to bring his nightmares to life. During five tumultuous days and nights, centered under a full moon in 2024, he investigates the mystery behind dead women discovered floating in the bay. Strange puncture wounds on their necks scream VAMPIRE! Jim Toland's ONCE WERE WOLVES is an urban tale of a collapsing economy, werewolves, zombies, evil billionaires, deadly riots, Golden Gate Bridge mayhem, a failing daily newspaper and surviving World War II Nazis with a life-extending blood formula. And, yes, vampires of a new breed. Ray, in his early 30s, is still readjusting to civilian life after his Afghanistan battlefield experiences. He splits his time between a sizzling girlfriend and a passionate new journalist both eventually targeted by demonic forces for their youthful female blood. His only chance to save the two women, and destroy the monstrous dark cloud enveloping the city, is to revert to the beast within himself. Ray is the last man standing in a long line of reluctant beach-dwelling shape-shifters. ONCE WERE WOLVES is dramatic, tense, scary, sexy, humorous and fast. Jump in for an exciting ride.

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About the Author

Jim Toland is a legendary former San Francisco Chronicle editor whose byline has appeared in that newspaper, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, Newsday and Quill, among other publications. Author of three other novels, Fire And Fog, Maleficus, and City Limits, Toland teaches journalism at San Francisco State University. A native San Franciscan, he attended inner-city public schools, worked on the docks, then as a beer truck driver. He served honorably as an Army hospital orderly in a physical rehab unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. He later attended City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State where he studied creative writing and journalism. He earned a B.A. degree in the latter. Jim Toland lives in San Francisco where he writes, teaches, and consults in media and communications. He was tagged as chief writer and content consultant for President Bill Clinton's Y2K Education Website. He has also written and edited an education website and print newsletter for The New York Times.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rico Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970210973
• ISBN 13: 9780970210975
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302