Camp Dread: A Blue Wolf Brief

The Croftverse

by Brad Magnarella

Introducing the Legion Files

In its year of operation, the Legion Program waged more than a dozen campaigns against supernatural threats. The Blue Wolf series chronicles the major missions. Now it’s time to hear the rest…

When a camp counselor goes missing under shadowy circumstances, the Blue Wolf and his team race to an idyllic summer camp to recover her.

But the mystery of the counselor only darkens. Prior to disappearing, she shook her cabin with supernatural tales of the deadly and deranged… and now they’re coming to life. Towering over them all is Tommy Wortmann, a demonic brute intent on turning the camp into his grisly killing grounds.

Can the Legion Team find the missing counselor and liquidate the lethal legends?

Or will Camp Courage be forever known as Camp Dread?

Legion Files is a spinoff of the popular Blue Wolf series (set after book 3) but stands on its own. If you like your supernatural squads with banter, big guns, cool magic, and a Blue Wolf, you’re in the right place!

Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

114 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 27, 2023

About the author

Brad Magnarella writes urban fantasy for the same reason most read it – to explore worlds where magic crackles from fingertips, vampires and shifters walk city streets, cats talk (some excessively), and good prevails against all odds. It’s shamelessly fun.

His three main series, Prof Croft, Blue Wolf, and Maddy Deeds, make up the growing Croftverse, with nearly a half-million books sold to date and an Independent Audiobook Award nomination.

Hopelessly nomadic, Brad can be found in a rented room overseas or hiking America's backcountry.

To learn more about the Croftverse, and download two free prequel novellas, visit his website at bradmagnarella.com

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining fantasy listening 🎉🎉🎎✨

This kindle e-book novella is from my Kindle Unlimited account book 1

This is a prequel to a series by the author.

There are two short stories one the prequel and the other a quick read.

I would recommend this novella and author to readers of fantasy novels. 2024

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short tale featuring the Blue Wolf and his team investigating a haunted campground

[Holly Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one is a bit different and a bit more horror esque which really isn't my genre Lol. Have you ever wanted to write a story and have it come true? well, that's basically what happens in this short story and some of the stuff is nasty... Of course you have the good guys and a really bad bad guy demon a missing girl some suspected cheating and some other things if I tell you all of it you'll have no need to read or listen to this book Lol

[Lin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was fun!

I've wanted more of Legion since the team was formed during Blue Wolf. It's a short adventure but packed with story. I love that it starts with a road trip and campfire scary stories. Rusty cracks me up!
I'm so glad this is the first of many? several? Legion adventures. I want more!

[Joy Ki`Ili · Rating 5 out of 5]

Close encounters

The author gives us a mini story that shows how well the team has come together. It also brings up the ideas that fictional stories can and usually are based on real characters and events. There's a warning here as well, never take a story for granted, you might not like the outcome.

[Christine Richmond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read as always from this author - hadn't thought we'd be having much more of the Blue Wolf but I loved it - he and his team certainly rescued the maiden in distress and vanquished the baddie, and I would like to see more but then I love all his series and if I had my way he'd be writing all of them all of the time!

[Earle Hartshorn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it fiction? Or is it real?

I seem to recall reading a story with a similar plot 50+ years ago but nothing like it since. Really enjoyed this, got to visit with the Blue Wolf again and read a truly enjoyable and imaginative story!

[Spacechik · Rating 3 out of 5]

YA writing?

Seemed rather YA to me. Author is a better novelist than this piece of work indicates. Writing seemed sophomoric at best. No surprises, no twists. I hope the rest of them get better.

[Norine Luker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

Please, mighty author, unearth another minor mission from the blue wolf files for us all. This one was excellent!

The team takes on a mysterious manifestation of every horror camp story you can imagine. You won't twig to the source before the author reveals it.

[Stephanie Maresch · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful return of a great team!

Blue Wolf and the gang are back. Loved the mixture of horror, sci-fi and fantasy. And tech. Lots of cutting edge tech.

[Corinne Loder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Blue wolf

Who knew that a simple camp would need the elite team of the Wolfe team. Awesome and gripping read. To short for me. Now have to wait for the next one.

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a story even though it’s really short. There’s Camp Fire scary stories and more. Great characters. Loved it.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I will like this new Legion series. Very Enjoyable, easy read, quick short story type

[Emmalynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice intro to the series. Short but fast paced with humor and creepiness factor galore.

[Anthony R Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

Brad is a great storyteller. Excellent characters. It is a very interesting mystery filled with lots of suspense and action.

[James Widmark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another Fine Read

Once again another wonderful mix of magic and old around the camp fire stores. Just the right mix of magic to make things interesting.

[James Hollander · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

Very fun side mission short story. Great as a halloween read.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one surprised me. I wasn't sure I'd like it, and ended up liking it way more than I expected.

[Tawnya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have missed Jason and the crew. Make sure to read the author’s notes. The way this came to be was neat. I know this story was kind of cheesy, but in the best way. Having Rusty be afraid was funny. You’d think with his history it would have been the “Wailing Woman” instead of the “Hook Man”. I wish we got more of Tanaka, but I understand why. This was just a quick side mission that turned in to a bit more. Also at the time this was taking place she still was quite stand-offish. The first book had sounded so lame-I mean a dude that is a giant blue dog!?! WT%! But it worked. I even bought the series. I had already gotten all of the Croft books. I look forward to more of these mission stories.