Matanto

t's as old as time itself waking periodically to check on its domain, this time some of it is missing, and a price must be paid.


The Hamilton County Consortium purchased a small portion of Hamilton Woods to meet the needs of a growing community and a local developer. An elementary school, a multi-use athletic field and three homes were constructed on the purchased site.


Two of the families, the Munches and Andreas', have children attending the elementary school. The third family, the Snodgrass', is a retired couple, a professor of American History and his research assistant wife. A Native American couple serves as caretakers for the nature preserve that serves as a buffer between Hamilton Woods and the purchased land. 


When a high school age girl is found comatose standing on the street fronting the nature preserve a local police officer has suspicions and discovers that low profile visitors to the woods have also gone missing but are overlooked. The Munch and Andreas children begin having nightmares and a Teacher's Aide is not what she appears to be. 


The professor discovers some disturbing information about the woods and approaches the caretakers. The caretakers confide in the academics and reveal that they are there for a reason. Together the three families, the caretakers and the policeman slowly put the pieces together and confront the threat.


Author_Bio: Peter Thomas Brodowski is an American author. 39N-86W was his first novel. Confluence was the follow up to 39N–86W and Summer Seed is book III and conclusion to the Crem Creation trilogy.

Peter was born June 6, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York. His maternal grandparents were immigrants from Poland. 


He attended Saint Michael's elementary school, John Jay public high school and the City University of New York before ultimately graduating from California State University Fullerton with a bachelor's degree in Biological Science in 1981. Peter went on to a master's degree in Business Admisistration in 1986, from the University of Phoenix. Between his time in New York and completing his education out west, he served four years in the U.S.A.F stationed mainly in the Pacific region and Southeast Asia with the Military Airlift Command.


Peter was married to Janice Lynn Boule in 1971, and has two sons, David Thomas and Joseph Thomas. After spending more than 20 years in Southern California, Peter and Jan relocated to Carmel, Indiana in 1994.


Peter's writing career began after working more than 40 years in the medical device industry as a Chemist, Scientist, Engineer, Manager, Director and Notified Body auditor and consultant. He continues to provide consulting services while writing novels.


Peter enjoys driving his sport car, healthy cooking, reading novels and keeping fit through a balanced program of cardio and weight training.


Keywords: Horror, Fiction, Speculative