The Devil's Colony

Authors: Schweigart, Bill
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC015000, FIC009070, FIC009060
ISBN: 9780399180347, Related ISBNs: 0399180346, 9780399180347
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 275,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: The greatest monster is man. From the author of The Beast of Barcroft and Northwoods comes a chilling descent into the depths of horror and human depravity.
 
Ben McKelvie had a good job, a nice house, a beautiful fiancée . . . until a bloodthirsty shapeshifter took everything away. Ever since, he’s been chasing supernatural phenomena all across the country, aided by dedicated zoologist Lindsay Clark and wealthy cryptozoologist Richard Severance.
 
Now they face their deadliest challenge yet. In the New Jersey Pine Barrens, a man named Henry Drexler operates a private compound called Välkommen, which is Swedish for “welcome.” Indeed, Drexler welcomes all visitors—so long as they’re racists, neo-Nazis, or otherwise in cahoots with the alt-right. But Drexler is no mere Hitler wannabe. Once he was Severance’s mentor, and his research may well have summoned a monster to the Pine Barrens.
 
To find out the truth, Ben and Lindsay must enter the camp incognito. There, under the watchful eyes of Drexler’s bodyguards and sociopathic son, they will learn that the most dangerous beasts lurk in the human heart.

Don’t miss any of Bill Schweigart’s gripping supernatural thrillers:
THE BEAST OF BARCROFT | NORTHWOODS | THE DEVIL’S COLONY

Praise for The Devil’s Colony

“Stunning . . . satisfying to thriller fans as well as horror aficionados.”—Into the Abyss

“[Bill] Schweigart did a fantastic job on The Devil’s Colony. . . . Well done, sir. Well done.”—Sci-Fi & Scary
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