The Crimson Traveler - Paperback

by Matt Strollo (Author)

STEPHEN KING and GILLIAN FLYNN meet BREAKING BAD. Werewolf noir...where addiction and organized crime drive moral collapse. Every bloodline carries a curse. This one howls. THE CRIMSON TRAVELER is a gritty examination of addiction, violence and organized crime, told through a supernatural lens. Set in modern-day Pennsylvania, the novel follows two women, Liz Campbell, a drug-addicted ex-marine, and Macy Burkhardt, an unsuspecting suburban mechanic, as their paths intersect with a lineage of werewolves. On their journey to find a cure for their accidental curse, they collide with Desmond O'Connell, a psychopathic Wolf King from England, struggling to hold together a crumbling dynasty of criminal shapeshifters. In the midst of a re-emerging war, the King's connection with his bloodline threatens to bring him to his knees, while a mysterious and fatal plague strips the whole syndicate of its humanity. A dark fusion of noir and supernatural horror, THE CRIMSON TRAVELER is an unsentimental tale about inherited violence, family obligation and the monsters inside us.

Author Biography

Born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, Matt graduated from Drexel University's School of Screenwriting and Playwriting. He was working for the Philadelphia School District when he began exploring his creative interests writing his own songs and playing drums and guitar in local bands. In 2015, Matt trained and coached for NBC's American Ninja Warrior and was a national finalist on the television show. He has since continued his career at the Philadelphia School District as a high school English as a Second Language teacher and is working on his masters in secondary education.