Dark Prelude, Moonsongs Episode 3
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Jenny Moonsong recently inherited the title of "monster hunter" and an ancient tribal journal/how-to manual passed down by her Apache ancestors. Having survived a werewolf attack and thwarted a coven of witches who plotted her destruction, Jenny and her best friend Marshal are beginning to feel they're getting the hang of things. But a terrible new threat is about to change all of that...
Dark Prelude finds the feisty protagonist, Jenny, searching for Marshal's missing father in the midst of a freak, West Texas winter storm. To survive the frigid night, she'll have to deal with a hated town rival, face a monstrous creature no Moonsong hunter has ever encountered before, and undo a mysterious curse. Can she keep everyone alive? If not, who will pay the ultimate price?
Dark Prelude is approximately 17,000 words or 53 pages of humor, horror, and paranormal mystery. It is the third volume of the Moonsongs Books, an ongoing series of New Adult, urban fantasy novelettes by author E.J. Wesley.
~Moonsongs Series List~
SEASON ONE
Blood Fugue (Moonsongs Episode 1)
Witch's Nocturne, Moonsongs Episode 2)
Dark Prelude (Moonsongs Episode 3)
SEASON TWO
Dragon's Game (Moonsongs Episode 4)
Vampire's Ball (Moonsongs Episode 5)
**COMING LATE SUMMER 2014**
Devil's Snare (Moonsongs Episode 6)
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