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The Hollows was a mystery to Kat St. Claire and her younger brother Bobby. Their parents never discussed the mountain town where they were from. Nor had they ever mentioned their families. All Kat knew was that her mother's sister Abigail had sent her the charm she wore around her neck as a present for her thirteenth birthday. She'd worn it for the past three years, her parents saying that she couldn't take it off for safety. It is a white-gold pentagram within a circle. There are those that believe it is a Talisman…said to ward off the mystic pull of the moon and prevent lycanthropy. On the back of the charm is etched a simple phrase in Latin: Cave Canum which translates to 'Beware the dog' if you can believe it.
Kat always thought that the whole thing was a load of crap. In the days ahead she would find out just how wrong a girl could be….
About the author
Tom was born in Kermit, Texas in 1960 and raised all over the Great American Southwest, never staying in one place for too long. His father worked for the El Paso Natural Gas Company, a job that necessitated frequent moves for increased opportunities. Tom graduated from High School from an American Boarding School on the island of Mallorca, Spain in 1978; his family was living in Algeria at the time. After graduation, he spent the next twelve years in the Navy. Diagnosed as an insulin-dependent diabetic, he was forced to change careers. He worked in the construction industry as a Union Pipefitter often working on launch complexes at the Kennedy Space Center. Tom currently lives in Satellite Beach, Florida with his wife of over forty years. From a very young age, he dreamed of becoming a published author and never stopped scribbling away on notepads. This is his fourth novel published by Purple Parrot Publishing, proof that 'Dreams don't have to stay that way.'https://www.tomhornauthor.com/
