Beneath: A River Monster Novella

A muddy, murky river.A gathering storm.A monster beneath the surface.Sixteen-year-old Alex Trejo’s life changed the day his father died. And, ever since, he’s tried to forget the things they’d do together, including camping out at his uncle’s ranch.Now, in order to reduce his punishment for a stupid school prank, Alex is forced to take his little cousin, Gabriel, back to the ranch, for a small day-trip down the creek. Alex wants nothing more than to get the trip over with and get back home.But something lies beneath the creek, an old camp-fire story no one ever imagined was real. And now a monster is stalking Alex and Gabriel.In order to survive the creek, Alex must come to terms with who he is, accept the past, and face fears he didn’t even know he had.Beneath is the first book in the Monstrous series, a saga of humanity and what hungers for humanity’s destruction. If you like suspense, monsters, and monster hunters, Monstrous is the series for you.