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With a master’s in educational leadership from
Central
Michigan
University, and an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Michigan State
University, Frank Holes, Jr. teaches literature, writing, and mythology
at the middle school level and was recently named a regional Teacher of
the Year. He lives in
Northern Michigan
with his wife Michele, son James, and daughter Sarah.
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SHADOW & FLAME
A
masterful blend of science fiction, fantasy, and folklore, the DOGMAN
EPOCH is an epic tale in its own era, stretching from the present
day to far beyond the history of humanity.
SHADOW…
Tying
the Dogman legend to the 2012 Mayan doomsday prophesy, a secret
governmental agency races to solve the ancient puzzle and save the world
from destruction, all the while dodging a hidden enemy…
FLAME…
10,000
years in the past, the Nagual and their sorcerer chieftain begin their
conquest of the native civilizations. Can the great Guardians stand
against the evil onslaught, or will the looming end of the Third Age of
the Sun prove the downfall of humanity?
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From
the back cover of the novel:
"The
creature would suffer the best mankind could throw at it and still
survive. It could live
through crashes and impacts of every sort.
It wasn’t a werewolf, and couldn’t be taken down by silver
bullets, nor by any bullets of any sort.
It had survived the ravages of fire and ice, of great storms and
time eternal. It had seen
the rise and fall of many native civilizations, and it had even aided
the destruction of cultures. Its
roots traced back to the blackest of supernatural magic.
It wasn’t any sort of animal native to our world.
And it was a far cry from its once human origins.
"Days
were quiet and nights were silent. That
was the one nice aspect of the little community out in the woods.
Very little excitement ever happened.
Folks’ lives generally followed their basic routines.
They worked hard. They
played hard. In many cases
they drank hard. The
community was fairly close-knit; everyone knew each other. It was a rare
event that an outsider bothered anybody or anybody got themselves really
riled up. At least it was
that
way until that third week of June, 1987.
The haunting of Sigma had begun, and the town’s days were
numbered."
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In The Haunting of Sigma,
Frank Holes, Jr. returns fans of the legendary Dogman to the wild world
of cryptozoology in
Northern Michigan
. This darker, far more
sinister prequel to Holes’s first novel fully establishes his hold
upon the imaginations of readers all over the
Midwest
. June 1987 ushers in the
hot, dry summer season, but something else far more horrifying has taken
up residence in the deep wilderness in
Kalkaska
County
. The Dogman, a supernatural
combination of canine and man, has returned to wreck havoc upon the
tiny, sleepy community of Sigma.
Eric Martin, a young conservation officer with a propensity for trouble,
uncovers clues to a mysterious beast stalking the dense forests.
The townsfolk share nightmarish accounts of horrifying grunts and
howls that permeate the dark hours.
Gigantic, mysterious wolf-like prints are scattered at the scene
of several ‘accidents’ and vandalized properties.
Pets come up missing, and livestock are slaughtered mercilessly.
A number of residents disappear completely in the chaos.
Phone lines go dead and the power is lost unexpectedly.
And the clues all connect back to a preposterous folklore song
about an even more unbelievable legendary creature.
Some folks packed their bags to escape the madness.
Some folks loaded guns in an attempt to solve the problem
themselves. And every night
during that long week, everyone stayed awake.
Only a handful have discovered the creature’s true identity,
but they may be far too late to save the desperate inhabitants and the
little village from total destruction.
In this terrible prequel to the regional thriller, Year
of the Dogman, Frank Holes, Jr. yet again spins a tale of suspense
and horror as Sigma counts down its last few days of existence.
In the seventh year of the
'80s decade, the Dogman arrived in the
little northern Michigan community of Sigma...and it was never the same
again...
The
Haunting of Sigma
a novel by
Frank Holes Jr.
Terrorizing
the North, July 4, 2008!
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