Four school friends find something in the woods that has been hidden there for ages and never had contact with the outside world ...until they discovered it. And the small town of Lobo Cliff, Florida will never be the same. This is a case of "The boy who cried wolf" taken to the extreme as the 'thing' in the woods not only may be a menace to the town but also may be the only thing that can cure one of the friends from an illness that has no cure. But this cure can also turn him into a monster.
Rod was born and raised in Tampa, Florida and was attracted to words at an early age. His first book “The Boy Who Liked To Read” was created in grade school, his teacher kept it. Eventually he discovered comic books, but his High School English teacher told him to try short story writing. He wrote middle grade adventure "The Juniors" that was picked up by a publisher, and the rest – as they say, is history.