The Wolf of Whindale

The pit towns of Northalbion are seething with protest and unrest ... and when townsfolk begin to turn up mauled, locals suspect the murderous and mythical Wolf of Whindale. Caleb, banished for crossing a picket line, is forced to take work with pit owner and antiquarian Mr Siskin, who is in pursuit of an ancient artefact that may have magical properties. But searching for buried treasure in lonely places brings danger when there is a bloodthirsty killer on the loose - whether wolf, man or something else entirely. Laced with myth, faith and avarice, The Wolf of Whindale is a superbly twisted and ferociously imaginative English horror story set in a stormy northern landscape.

1845, Northalbion. Terror spreads through a small mining town as friends and neighbours are mauled to death by the mythical Wolf of Whindale. Caleb, a miner with an inquisitive and sceptical nature, suspects opportunistic murders being disguised as acts of a wild beast. When he is banished by workmates and family for crossing the picket line during a strike, he ends up leaving to work at a strange kind of mine, tasked with finding a magical artefact that has been lost for centuries. The orders come from Mr Siskin, a wealthy man who owns the mine and had most to gain from the deaths that have shaken Caleb''s community. Far from home and sensing danger in Siskin''s company, Caleb must rely on his wits and his memory to make it back to his town unscathed. But there is a bloodthirsty killer on the loose, whether man, wolf or something else entirely. A superb adventure in folk horror, The Wolf of Whindale is a menacing tale of greed, faith and the ways in which myth warps reality.