Two ancient relics. Two feral, supernatural species. One fight for control. Some families are born in blood.For almost a century, the Clutch has been confined by a small boundary. All attempts to cross it have failed miserably, with no survivors to tell their tales. Chloe and the other vampires long for the life they had before. Back when they could roam and hunt freely. Back when they had control over the wolves.Back before the wolves found that damnable Book and locked them within a few miserable square miles of rock and brush at the edge of Lake Kwanashishing.The wolves have a standing proposal: they would consider a compromise if a vampire escaped the inescapable boundary and met on the pack's land. Typical wolves.Chloe believes she may have found a way, though the very thought makes her uneasy. Vampires should never try to cross running water, after all. Then there's the fact that the wolves' pack leader and the Clutch's First hate each other. And as the second, Chloe is bound to protect her leader.But when the moment comes, Chloe is shocked to find she is more concerned for the safety of a sad little boy than she is for that of her First. Can she save him from her First, or from the pack? Can she do it without invoking the ire of her Clutch and jeopardizing their one chance at freedom?"So many of the most brutal aspects of this story are so beautifully told!" - Jennifer Dinsmore, editor of The Aphotic series Tobin was destined for horror. This became obvious when, in the span of two weeks, he built a working model of a guillotine out of popsicle sticks and a razor blade - which his Grade Five teacher didn't seem to appreciate as much as he did - and he also learned to tie a noose and proudly hung one from their apartment balcony - which his mother and the superintendent didn't seem to appreciate as much as he did.Eventually, he learned to focus the horror into stories. His friends and neighbours likely appreciate the lesser PDH (Public Displays of Horror).Besides writing ugly stories about bad people doing horrible things, Tobin also counts embarrassing his wife and kids, pointing out the stupidities of others, being dumb to kind animals, and killing plants among his hobbies.Finally, Tobin loves feedback, either positive or negative, on his writing. You can find him occasionally reviewing indie books on Goodreads, or being sarcastic on Twitter (@thehorrorguy91) and Instagram (@). The Aphotic is a six-book series-a hexalogy-about a Book who seeks out those at the fringe, those that think of the bad things they wish they could the Book finds them and offers up the powers to do so.What it doesn't offer is the price each will pay for letting the Book into their mind.Over the six books, you'll meet the people of New Hope-some good, some very bad, some human, some demon, werewolf, or vampire-and watch as a century of stories collide at the end, as various characters from each book are drawn into the battle against the one pulling the Book's strings

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