Gunther - James Kaine

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Résumé :
BEWARE THE BEAST INSIDE. Dr. David Bixby has everything to live for, working a fulfilling career and married to a loving wife carrying their first child. But one tragic night shift changes everything when paramedics rush in a gunshot victim afflicted with a strange blood poisoning. David works furiously to save the man, but fails, earning a bite on his hand for his trouble. The young physician brushes it off as a flesh wound, but he's wrong. Dead wrong. Soon David transforms, a primal rewiring of his mind and body. The gentle doctor who once saved lives now battles savage impulses that grow more ferocious each day, struggling with urges he can't understand. Or control. With the situation growing desperate, a mysterious stranger appears and presents David with an impossible choice. End his life or turn into a bloodthirsty beast. With his humanity slipping away and his family's safety hanging in the balance, David must find another way to stop the infection. But in a world where monsters are real, some transformations are permanent. Time is running out, the full moon is rising. And David Bixby is about to discover the deadliest monster is the one that lurks within. WILL DAVID FIND A CURE BEFORE HE RIPS APART EVERYTHING HE LOVES? Learn how the horror of My Pet Werewolf began in James Kaine's savage prequel novella that will leave you questioning just how well you know the people you love....

Biographie:
James Kaine is a bestselling author known for such works as MY PET WEREWOLF and THE DEAD CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, a novel that BookLife by Publishers Weekly proclaimed, will chill readers to the bone. An active member of the Horror Writers Association, he is building a growing catalogue of terrifying tales that have been translated into multiple languages, won awards and garnered critical acclaim. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, children and Boston Terrier....

Sommaire:
DAVID SWORE TO SAVE LIVES. The noble physician has it all. A fulfilling career, a beautiful wife and his first child on the way. He has everything to live for until one night shift threatens the future he worked so hard to build. A dying man is rushed into the ER with a gunshot wound and something in his blood that defies diagnosis. David fights to save him, but fails, earning a bite on his hand in the process. He thinks it a flesh wound, but he's wrong. DEAD WRONG. A change is happening inside David. Something unexplainable is making him stronger. Angrier. Hungrier. Desperate for answers, a stranger approaches, telling David he knows what afflicts him. A condition where the only cure is fatal. As the full moon rises, David's humanity will slip away, leaving him with an impossible choice. One that will tear apart everything he loves. David swore to save lives. THE WOLF WILL DEVOUR THEM. Before the horror of My Pet Werewolf, a beast is born. And blood will spill....