YA Horror at its Best

Caleb Grieger detests his wife, kids, and everyone else in the quaint town of Wolf Hollow, Montana. So he did what any other hate-filled man would do—he smothered his wife with a pillow, murdered his two daughters, and then proceeded to burn down his house with a promise to return to Wolf Hollow some day and exterminate the rest of the town’s vermin.

Across the country in New York, Jack, a seasoned killer, is stopped by a police officer with two bullets to his head. But Jack is a demon and will soon possess his next victim.

Benjamin Montgomery. Ben is an orphan shipped off to one foster home after another, but life becomes less lonely when the demon Jack takes up residency in his head. Ben is a likeable character with a strong sense of right and wrong. Jack, a vigilante serial killer, takes control of Ben’s body whenever an opportunity arises for his next kill. The cops have dubbed Benjamin The Whisper Killer because witnesses have heard him talking to himself during the murders. 

Caleb, now in prison for robbing a convenience store, is up for parole. While the paperwork is being attended to, Caleb contacts a small army of degenerates to help him pillage and murder the citizens of Wolf Hollow upon his release. 

So begins Rod Little’s The Whisper Killer, a novel with believable characters, a fast-paced plot that is unpredictable and enthralling, and a setting that has a personality of its own. Wolf Hollow knows trouble is brewing and it needs to recruit a specific talent to save the little town from extinction. Perhaps The Whisper Killer can defend the hamlet from the coming evil. 

About the Author

Rod Little is the author of seven novels. His Sons of Neptune series, a four-book series including Earthweeds and Revenge of the Spiders, kept this reader hooked. Little was born in Illinois and moved to Pittsburgh to attend the University of Pittsburgh. Once out of college he spent many years as a linguist and translator. He eventually opened Starbase One, a sci-fi/comic book store. He closed the store in 2006 to move to Southeast Asia to begin a writing career. 

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