The Last Wolf: Moon Shifter Academy Book 1

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Synopsis

A sixteen-year-old shifter who is the last of her kind. A school for magical creatures on the brink of catastrophe. Learn who to trust fast or it’s extinction, baby. Her entire life, Kat dreamt of studying at Moon Shifter Academy. Finally, she'll be able to ditch Diurnal—the drug that keeps her stuck in boring human form—and harness her bad-ass wolf-shifter self. Against her parents’ advice, she heads to New York City before school starts and moves in with Eddie, a cute boy she met upstate. First summer love fast becomes first summer heartbreak and then, just before school starts, Kat's parents are murdered. If she’d listened to them and stayed put, they might still be alive. Guilt and regret hound her. Nothing to do but throw herself into her studies and somehow make 'em proud, right? Wrong. School is a total bust. The principal’s single-minded goal is to protect the students from their sworn enemies, blood mages. With her Mom gone, Kat learns that she is the last female shifter in the wolf line. Now the blood mage who killed her parents wants Kat dead too. But not if she can kill him first.

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Author Biography

M.S. Kaminsky writes young adult urban fantasy and sci-fi with dashes of suspense, mystery and romance. His most recent release, The Mermaid Curse Series, reveals the enigmatic origin of mermaids in a gripping fantasy that spans generations of women. When MSK is not writing he can be found with his husband attempting to tame the white water rapids of upstate New York or weeding in their garden. So far the rapids (and the weeds) are winning!

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Author Insight

I expected MAGIC...I got math

Have you ever had your expectations dashed? Most of us have unless we've led a very sheltered existence. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield recounts his adventures in New York City over the course of a few days. Holden is a teenager who has been kicked out of boarding school and is now living with his parents. He spends his days wandering around the city, meeting people and getting into trouble. Catcher in the Rye provided some of the inspiration for this story...with many twists of course!:)

Book Excerpt

The Last Wolf: Moon Shifter Academy Book 1

Donna sighs. “I know you expected magic, and you got math. It’s regular school. That’s part of the point. To help us all lead everyday lives. Gag,” she whispers.

I burst out into laughter. I’ve grown to appreciate Donna’s contradictions. We pass one of the old teacher’s plaques. Someone has pried away the cardboard cover, and I can see the instructor’s face beneath. A woman transforms into a fox and back into a woman again. Janice Donnegal, Magical Biology.

“But this is all. This is—”

“Magic. Sure, Even if it’s falling apart, yes. Once upon a time, not that long ago, magic powered the school. But then someone pulled the plug.”