title: The Beast in the Red Forest: An Inspector Pekkala Novel of Suspense
author:  Sam Eastland 
description: Fans of this gripping series of literary thrillers will be glued to their chairs until the final pages. A real corker. --Booklist<br /><br />Eastland's engrossing Pekkala novel delivers a surprise ending driven by grievances from the past, brutal betrayals, and the power of friendship. --Publishers Weekly<br /><br />The distinguished author has nailed another successful Emerald Eye saga intricately weaving true details from the pages of history with the fantastic exploits of Pekkala and Kirov Writing with innate literary grace, he gives this series an air of swashbuckling romance with many glints of depraved humanity. --Library Journal<br /><br />Eastland's engrossing Pekkala novel delivers a surprise ending driven by grievances from the past, brutal betrayals, and the power of friendship. --Publishers Weekly<br /><br />The distinguished author has nailed another successful Emerald Eye saga intricately weaving true details from the pages of history with the fantastic exploits of Pekkala and Kirov Writing with innate literary grace, he gives this series an air of swashbuckling romance with many glints of depraved humanity. --Library Journal
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  Planet Urth: The Black Forest
  
  
  (Book 8)
  
  
  
  
  
  A novel
  
  
  By Jennifer and Christopher Martucci
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  PLANET URTH: THE BLACK FOREST (BOOK 8)
  
  
  Published by Jennifer and Christopher Martucci
  
  
  Copyright © 2016
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  First edition: August 2016
  
  
  Second Edition November 2017
  
  
  Cover design by Lou Harper
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
  either are a product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Heart drilling my ribcage and adrenaline saturating every cell in my body, I
  shout “What about Ara and Pike?” as I walk with an armed Urthman on either
  side of me. I stop every few steps, asking the same frantic question. Forcing
  them to urge me on, prodding me with their clubs gently. Though a direct
  threat ha