S. M. Krantz – författare

Kate Rogers and Dave Matheson scientists in the deep Congo have mysteriously disappeared. Matheson reappears on the Navajo Reservation critically injured and dies from a severe bacterial infection. Rogers is presumed lost until Dr. Edward Tevis, her director, contacts his employer James Larkin. Larkin is creator of a powerful quantum computer with specialized markers. Tevis tells Larkin his group tweaked the markers and he believes this caused a time vortex to open. Gwyn Stone, Larkins attorney, tells him that if bacteria that killed Matheson spread Interpol may bring international terrorism charges against him since no known antibiotic exists and convinces Larkin to send a party back to the Congo to get any remaining data. She contacts Seth Conner; a renowned paleontologist for advice, skeptical at first Conner is monetarily persuaded and goes with them. Kate Rogers feels all hope is lost until Seth Connor finds her. They search for a way to activate the vortex, or be lost forever in a prehistoric world.

Jonas Bale’s Indian wife and children are murdered. On the trail of the murderers he encounters a fearful dog fleeing from something frightening. Troubled by what he experiences Jonas seeks advice from Dezba a medicine man, who says oral history tells of a legend of man-made terrestrial beasts created by ancient beings who once lived on earth. Shapeshifters, as they are called, are extremely dangerous. Jonas meets twenty year old Rebecca Hagan who has come west after receiving a letter from a military tribunal concerning her father but soon learns her father is dead. Rebecca chooses to stay in Arizona, as it is the first time she has had something to call her very own. Jonas is attracted to Rebecca but the shapeshifting beasts, at war with him, kidnap her in an attempt to lure Jonas to their lair to kill him. He travels deep into their mountain but finds rescuing Rebecca much more dangerous than he expects. Rebecca fights, determined to live, and in the process they find love, security and mutual respect.

In the stillness of a Texas evening, the younger brother of Johnny Hawk is brutally murdered and the killer left two legged wolf tracks. The horrible death ultimately drives Johnny away from his family. He joins John Coffee Hayes’ Rangers to fight in the Mexican American War but the experience hardens Johnny even more. He remains in Texas, a vigilante hunter until fate brings young Victoria Bryan into his life. They go their separate ways, but Hawk can''t stop thinking about her. A few years later a young Navajo girl Johnny is living with is brutally murdered in the same terrible manner his brother had been. Horrified Hawk vows to hunt down this killer but when Tori Bryan comes back into his life his worst fears are realized when she is taken hostage by a band of cutthroats that unknowingly has a werewolf as a key member. Hawk must face his childhood fears in order to rescue Tori from something he understands little of but knows death is the only cure. Along the way he learns true love does heal deep wounds.