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The Beast of Wheeler Ridge: Beauty and the Beast meets Jurassic Park:Gritty fantasy thriller by [Chris H. Stevenson]

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Wolf girl gone feral...

A DNA experiment gone horribly wrong...

A beast who will stop at nothing.

Length: 292 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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How did the idea of the story come to you?

When my second agent went to the BEA a few years back, he did so with the express purpose of asking each editor he met what (exactly)they were looking for as pertains to the next big thing. He made a lot of face to face contact and scribbled voluminous notes. One publisher, the small black and white bird from the Antarctic, replied that they would love to see a new spin on a werewolf tale. My agent queried me and asked if I was up to the task.I said I was, but that I had conditions. The conditions were that I would not follow the general trope--howlings, full moon, Lycanthropy and silver bullets.If they wanted a unique concept, I would do my very best to give it to them. I thought about what Michael Crichton had done with Jurassic Park, and thought about the current Thylacine Project, and how ancient DNA was being processed to resurrect extinct, hybrid animals. So I devised a way to find and reproduce the genome in an ice dire wolf. But this dire wolf was a man-eater. When the scientist performs the experiment, his protocol serum somehow replicates the human gene,which gives birth to a human/wolf hybrid. In addition, two other litter mates are spawned: a true ice age dire wolf and a grotesque monster. Of course, with this three-pack combination, all hell breaks lose.Needless to say, the Big 5 publisher didn't pick it up because to was too far out there.I'm just glad it eventually found a home.

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   Seth Anson, alovelorn forest ranger, never thought that he would shoot the first eligiblewoman he met after his divorce. Nor didhe think that he would fall in love with her after nursing her back tohealth. But he certainly isn't preparedto find out that she is the result of a DNA cloning experiment gone horriblywrong and, is in fact, a hybrid wolf/human.To complicate matters, she also has no idea of her true identity.
            Seth findsout early on that Melina Salinger is a handful.He mistakenly believes that she suffers from hypertrichosis (werewolfsyndrome), and that she has escaped from a care facility. She confesses later that she has beenconfined in an underground missile silo by her geneticist father, and the onlything she knows about everyday life has been gleaned from video movies andtelevision. Now she wants to be a normal girl.
            It isn'teasy trying to indoctrinate a woman into society who pants, growls and thinksthat Emerald City is a real place somewhere over the rainbow. The ritual shavings and skin maintenance areenough to drive him into a frenzy of allure.Moreover, when she goes into a feverish estrus cycle, sex and passionseem like blunt-force trauma--but he can'tresist her!
            Just whenSeth thinks he has things under control, Melina becomes deathly ill. Her mysterious father shows up to offer aid,and then shockingly confesses that she carries ancient wolf DNA. After recovering, Melina, shamed andtraumatized by this knowledge, becomes suicidal and runs away. Only Salinger left out the part about herother litter mate - a grotesque monster, Romulus, has just broken out of the silocompound. Romulus is bent on finding herfor the purpose of mating and will kill anyone who gets in his way.
            Seth has touse his skills as a ranger to find Melina in the Wyoming wilderness. He has Romulus out in front of him, theNational Guard, the sheriff's office, a maniac cryptozoologist, and everymonster-hunting vigilante in the state hot on his heels. He has to decide if it is guilt that driveshim on his quest to find Melina, or that somehow, this wild and beautiful womanwas destined to be the love of his life.
            The Beastof Wheeler Ridge examines the lurid morality issues that are dealt with in The Island of Doctor Moreau. Yet the predominant theme is that offorbidden love, as can be found in Beautyand the Beast.

About the Author

I'm Chris Stevenson, usingthe pen name Christy J. Breedlove for my YA fiction. I hail from Sylvania,Alabama. My early writing accomplishment were multiple hits within a few years:In my first year of writing back in 1987, I wrote three Sf short stories thatwere accepted by major slick magazines which qualified me for the ScienceFiction Writers of America, and at the same time achieved a Finalist award inthe L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. This recognition garnered mea top gun SF agent at the time, Richard Curtis Associates. My first novel wentto John Badham (Director) and the Producers, the Cohen Brothers. It was anextreme honor to be considered. The writer who beat me out of contention for afeature movie (as well as the book), was Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park. Mybook was called Dinothon.

A year after that I published two best-sellingnon-fiction books and landed on radio, TV, in every library in the U.S. and inhundreds of newspapers. This was at a time when small and mid-sized press paidnice advances and had unlimited distribution.

I have been trying to catch that lightning ina bottle ever since. My YA dystopian novel, The Girl They Sold to the Moon wonthe grand prize in a publisher's YA novel writing contest, went to a smallauction and got tagged for a film option. My latest release, Screamcatcher: WebWorld, just currently won Best YA title of 2019. I have 12 titles appearing onAmazon. I guess I should stick to Young Adult, which I do love BTW.

ASIN : B085SX5TZR
Publisher : Aisling Books, an imprint of Winged Publications (March 10, 2020)
Publication date : March 10, 2020
Language: : English
File size : 2670 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 292 pages
Lending : Enabled

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Andy B.

Thriller Alert!

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2020

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The Beast of Wheeler Ridge by Chris H. Stevenson is a thriller with the tag line, "Beauty and the Beast meets Jurassic Park", and I can fully back this up.

In the author's note of The Beast of Wheeler Ridge, Mr. Stevenson credits his writing style to the late Michael Crichton, along with Poul Anderson and few other great sci-fi authors. Crichton, as some of you may know, penned the novels made famous by a slew of 1990s movie adaptations like Jurassic Park, Lost World, and Congo. He also wrote the screenplay for Twister with his wife Anne-Marie Martin. All of these movies are personal favorites of mine, and the novels that they were based on are no exception, holding coveted spaces on my bookshelves. With that being said, I felt the strong influence of Crichton in the story development of Stevenson's novel and I thoroughly enjoyed it; the story he created matched the pacing of full Hollywood script and it definitely had the depth to support it.

Enter one Melina Salinger, the female main character (MC) of The Beast of Wheeler Ridge, who is described as a fit, Amazon type, "diagnosed with hypertrichosis". We meet Melina as she's running at a breakneck speed through a forest in Wyoming and seemingly on the run from captivity and savage litter-mate hellbent on hunting her. Enter Seth Anderson, the male MC Forest Ranger based out of Wheeler Ridge who just so happens to find her. They've got nothing in common, what with lusting animal urges, copious amounts of body hair, and a desire to see the elusive Emerald City. But then they've got everything in common...a longing for justice, truth, acceptance, love, companionship, the outdoors...a valued place in society. There's is a story for the ages, or another action-packed thriller that I'd pay to see on the silver screen any day (no werewolf pun intended). Seriously people, back this book up! I would, 100% .

What we've got in The Beast of Wheeler Ridge is a story that blurs the line between genres...it's not just one kind of story, but a combination of the best from each element. The science was gory, the passion was honest, the monsters were scary, and the suspense was so intense I was fearful of any more twists and turns with only a few pages left. I held onto the edges of the book until the very end and I was so in love with the story by the time that I put it down that I just wanted to sigh. *sigggghhh*

I would like to thank the author, Mr. Chris H. Stevenson for reaching out to me and requesting a review of his book. He's an excellent story teller and I would highly recommend The Beast of Wheeler Ridge as the perfect book to jump start an action-packed summer.

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Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020

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I appreciated that the book was long enough to develop and finish the plot. The science was a little loose and not as well developed as I would have preferred, but as the storyline read more YA than anything else, that may explain that. All being said, I found this read was enjoyable enough to recommend it.

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Gary S. Combs

A different kind of love story.

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2020

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A truly different story line. This book has enough action and twists and turns to keep you flipping pages long after bedtime.

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Jamie Sivley

Awesome read!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020

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This book is wonderful. It has been a long time since I have been able to get lost in a good book. Truly talented writer and will be buying more of his publications.

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Anthony Avina

A fantastic blend of science fiction and horror thriller...

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2020

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.

The Review

A fantastic blend of science fiction and horror thriller, author Christ Stevenson has brought to life a one of a kind reimagining of the classic werewolf tale. Exploring the horrors of genetic experimentation gone wrong, the author does a great job of finding a natural balance between the horror elements of the story with the romance and character growth of the cast of characters.

It was refreshing to get such a unique take on the werewolf genre, exploring ancient creatures from a long-forgotten age being brought back by science, and evolving from there. The idea of restoring lost creatures back into modern society and the experiments pushing past boundaries to see human and animal hybrids becoming a reality made for a unique twist on the genre, making the story easy to engage with.

The Verdict

An evenly paced, action-fueled, and tense romantic sci-fi thriller, author Chris Stevenson delivers a powerful story in “The Beast Of Wheeler Ridge”. Discovering the meaning behind what makes someone a monster and what makes them “human” blends with the forbidden love theme in a remarkable tale that will keep readers invested throughout. Be sure to grab your copies today!

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J Eman

Interesting mystery and thriller

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2020

An action packed mystery and thriller; cross between Jurassic Park and Beauty and the Beast.

This novel had such an interesting premise but honestly had no real memorable parts for me.

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ONE PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2020

Holy hell! Chris just rocked my world and rang my bell, then blew me out of the water with this impressive treat, laying it out and mixing it up, wielding this bad boy together sleek, shiny and tight. One non-stop, action packed, hard hitting, pulse racing, heart pounding bombshell, blasting this jewel to life spectacularly. A tumultuous wild ride of fervent events and stunning circumstances, launch this baby to staggering heights. You feel everything the characters feel, you become a part of the adventure instead of on the sideline. Cognizant of the instant realization and charged atmosphere, along with a slew of nerve racking twists and shocking turns, tests our characters in ways they could have never envisioned. Anarchy, escapades and havoc run amuck, kicking this bad boy into a roaring tempest, catapulting it into a tailspin with an explosive culmination. Sparks fly as drama, intrigue, tension, turmoil, danger, odious deeds, mounting suspense and nerve racking situations along with a boatload of sinister intentions while dodging disaster, you have one mind-blowing masterpiece. The characters are complex and authentic with depth and traits that blend and flow, transforming into genuinely relatable personalities. The scenes are strikingly sharp with abundant details and descriptions you have no problem picturing each scenario creating a colorful backdrop that makes the storyline pop. Remarkable job Chris, thanks for sharing this bad boy with us.

I am voluntarily posting an honest review after reading an Advance Reader Copy of this story.

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