Monster

by Kyle May

What does a teenage, poor, and socially awkward kid do when he finds out that instead of going nowhere in life, he’s destined to destroy the world?Michael Malachi would love to know the answer to that. His soul purpose in life has been to take care of his mother, defend her honor with a violent temper, and find a way to get himself and his mom a better life. That is until he learns he is a wolf-demon whose powers were born out of the darkest reaches of the universe. And to complicate things even more, he lands a new job with a mysterious boss and gets a crush on the new girl at school, which is brimming with other adolescent gods and mythological beings. Kara knows Michael likes her and it suits her purposes. But the problem is, she is falling for him too and she cannot because she is going to have to kill him. For thousands of years, she and her race have hunted and killed his kind to protect the world. Michael, with mysterious help from across time, must learn to control these dark powers and change his fate. During this trial there will be no shortage of dark beings that want to capture him and make him their weapon, most pressing a Navajo Skinwalker. Michael must hide, fight, and forsake all of them to keep his humanity. But at the end of the day how can he hide from the demon inside his own head? Especially when he needs that dark strength to save his friends and the woman he loves? And this is just the first step in Michael’s long journey…

367 pages, Paperback

Published March 25, 2020