Gaelan's War

Gaelan Kelly is a high school student with loving parents, a devoted girlfriend, and a promising future.

When he answers the call to duty, combat leaves him emotionally and physically scarred. He comes home to a girlfriend who has moved on and is haunted by self-hatred - unable to forgive himself for the actions he took after his friend was killed.

Gaelan's parents are brutally taken from him during what should have been a time of healing, and he is left near death. His high school mentor, Father Dennis Beaudreau, helps see him through his trauma, which Gaelan feels is penance for his actions in war. He convinces himself that the creature that killed his parents was a bear and that PTSD caused him to hallucinate.

His convictions are shattered when, a month after the attack, Gaelan experiences the agony of his first transformation. He is a werewolf, spawned of the creature that murdered his family. Gaelan evades the Vatican hunters, the Benedicta Venntium, sent to kill him, and with the help of Father Dennis and others, he eventually learns to keep the monster under control.

Though the Ven ntium continues to hunt Gaelan, he secretly assists them in hunting monsters like himself; from burrowing creatures that pull their victims to their underground deaths, to a vampire that may be Jack the Ripper.
Gaelan, forever racked with guilt, constantly fights the urge to commit suicide - his only motivation to stay alive is the desire to find the thing that killed his parents.

Finally, face to face with a pack of werewolves, Gaelan is forced to rely on the very thing he hates most - the monster within. By the end of the book, he is a hero who has risen at a time when mankind needs him most.

Author: Thaddeus McGrath
Publisher: Patrick Glynn
Published: 12/24/2017
Pages: 362
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780692048009

About the Author
McGrath, Thaddeus: - Thaddeus McGrath is a former U.S. Marine Corps fighter/attack pilot, a veteran of the War on Terror, and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. His debut novel, Gaelan's War, was inspired by a desire to continue the discussion about PTSD, and a love of all things supernatural. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, kids, and werewolf-sized dogs.

Williams, Stewart: - Stewart Williams is a book cover designer that can be found on Reedsycom

Gessert, Phillip: - Phillip Gessert is an interior book designer that can be found on Reedsycom

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