Howl

e rathke's writing is brimming with imagination and rambunctious with heart. He is fleet, fun, and smart, and his tales delight and beguile. A legit talent to watch.

--Brian Allen Carr, author of Motherfucking Sharks & Opioid, Indiana

Nameless and kinless, a man and woman are banished by the only people they have ever known after being cursed by strange magic.
Walking through a forest of towering mushrooms, they meet Lady Agova, a giantess who has a job for them: help her hunt a vampire.
Set in a desolate postapocalyptic world where science and magic blend and reality itself twists and bends, where some attempt to grow a new world while others delve through the detritus of a shattered civilization, Howl is a wild monster hunting ride.