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Once, North Hill was the commercial and social center of Piketon, a growing city in the Rocky Mountains. Now it's a place of boarded-up stores and roaming gangs. Even deadlier predators are about to make their appearance.
When local residents start disappearing, the city's ruling political elite blames wild dogs. A local zoologist has another theory, though -- about mutated bears, small in size but intelligent and immensely strong, that have come down from the mountains and hunt in packs. He joins with an aide to the mayor and a policewoman to hunt the animals.
As deaths mount, the city is gripped by fear and the elites used to running the city are beset by political panic. The mayor's helplessness in the face of the mysterious predators threatens to expose the corruption, fraud, blackmail, and bribery that have run rampant in City Hall for years. The final bloody confrontation between man and beast, each simultaneously hunter and hunted, mirrors and finally decides the confrontation at the highest levels of city government.
"Lots of gore, a nicely controlled pace." - Kirkus Reviews
"Believably frightening." - Rocky Mountain News
When local residents start disappearing, the city's ruling political elite blames wild dogs. A local zoologist has another theory, though -- about mutated bears, small in size but intelligent and immensely strong, that have come down from the mountains and hunt in packs. He joins with an aide to the mayor and a policewoman to hunt the animals.
As deaths mount, the city is gripped by fear and the elites used to running the city are beset by political panic. The mayor's helplessness in the face of the mysterious predators threatens to expose the corruption, fraud, blackmail, and bribery that have run rampant in City Hall for years. The final bloody confrontation between man and beast, each simultaneously hunter and hunted, mirrors and finally decides the confrontation at the highest levels of city government.
"Lots of gore, a nicely controlled pace." - Kirkus Reviews
"Believably frightening." - Rocky Mountain News
- GenresScience Fiction
462 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1989
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May 31, 2023
Would love to see a movie adaptation made
This book is multi-faceted, chilling, and intensely riveting. The thought of packs of vicious, compact grizzly bears is gut-wrenchingly terrifying, evoking a primal sense of fear. With elements of convoluted human relationships and political corruption woven into the plot, it made a truly engrossing read. The complex characters were quite relatable, and the science behind the creation of these horrifying creatures was intriguing. It would make a phenomenal movie. I had to buy the hardcover to gift.
This book is multi-faceted, chilling, and intensely riveting. The thought of packs of vicious, compact grizzly bears is gut-wrenchingly terrifying, evoking a primal sense of fear. With elements of convoluted human relationships and political corruption woven into the plot, it made a truly engrossing read. The complex characters were quite relatable, and the science behind the creation of these horrifying creatures was intriguing. It would make a phenomenal movie. I had to buy the hardcover to gift.
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