A Dangerous Breed

By: Thomas Hopp

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

GENETICALLY MODIFIED SOYBEANS ARE THE LEAST OF OUR WORRIES. These canines have somehow picked up a human-like intelligence. This short story is a frightful tale in the tradition of Hound of the Baskervilles but incorporating modern concerns that make it all the more terrifying—and believable.

THE GREATEST MIND SINCE SHERLOCK HOLMES. Dr. Peyton McKean and his friend Fin Morton investigate a series of murders in the desert canyons of Eastern Washington State. Police suspect a Native American man who haunts the desert canyonlands. But the native man, Charlie Moses, declares his innocence and points the finger of blame at an ancient, legendary creature that is half man and half coyote—Woyotl.

McKean and Morton trace a trail of DNA evidence that leads to the nuclear facility at Hanford, and into the sagebrush lands beyond. As they close in on the perpetrators in the desert wastelands, they discover a pack of coyotes following a leader who seems to fit Charlie Moses’ legend only too well. The answer to this murder mystery is more astonishing and terrifying than anyone could have imagined.