War of the Animals (Book 1): The Shut Face Of Thunder by Jonathan Decoteau

 

 War of the Animals (Book 1): The Shut

Face Of Thunder

by Jonathan Decoteau 

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GENRE: Sci-fi Fantasy

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BLURB: 

Mankind struck first. This time, nature fights back...

 A
failed effort to weaponize animals awakens their intellects. The military
responds by creating death camps to exterminate infected animals. Moon Shadow,
an Arctic white wolf, unites with White Claw, a polar bear king, to form Animus
Nor, the first animal republic, to negotiate peace. The uneasy peace is broken
with the rise of Azaz, lord of the grizzly bears. Azaz attacks human
settlements, considering humans an invasive species that wreaks havoc on bears
and the environment. A world war breaks out as animals face humans and each
other to see who will rule the world.

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EXCERPT

(The War of The Animals series asks: What if animals rose up

against humanity’s pollution of the environment and destruction of their

habitats? What if it was a fair fight? This excerpt is from the first chapter

and introduces Moon Shadow, queen of the wolves, the protagonist of the early

books.)

Moon Shadow shook the harshest of the white winds off with

an afflicted whimper. Her paws—icicles lined with nails—winced in their

impending numbness. Still, Moon Shadow ran forward. In the distant echo of

dreams, she remembered what it was like to live in the world before the end of

world. An illegally smuggled white Arctic wolf, Moon Shadow knew the love of

her former masters before the new age. The tiniest of the humans reminded her

of her own pups, tiny balls of white fur that she hoped to coddle until it was

their time to hunt. Yet, the same masters took her pups from her, putting them

up for the highest bidder to steal. Even after seeing more of the great North

American continent than she had ever dreamed of in her life of relative

leisure, Moon Shadow had seen no sign of her pups. She wondered if they were

now grown with pups of their own. In her heart, she knew it was unlikely that

they survived The Rapsys, or Opening of Eyes, as the street dogs of her former

town rather poetically referred to this massive change that shook the very

marrow of their bones.   

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 AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 I am a nature
lover who lives and teaches in beautiful, pastoral New England.

 The War of the
Animals books were inspired by the 2020 pandemic lockdown. I remember driving
by animals that freely roamed the streets after we were in lockdown (I was
getting groceries—not ignoring state mandates—I promise!). I felt for the first
time how much the animals were in lockdown whenever we weren’t. That inspired
the idea of a variety of animals having voices and speaking up for the earth. I
started writing the books shortly thereafter.

 My website
(with character profiles and links to other work) can be found at
waroftheanimals.com.

 The eBook can
be downloaded for free at most major online retailers, including at the
following links:

 Amazon: / Barnes and Noble:/  Apple Book Store: 

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 GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER
CODE

 Jonathan Decoteau will be awarding a $20
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