The small Alabama town of Jericho Hills is one with many dark secrets born from the turmoil residing within its history. Some of those secrets, as bloody and heinous as they are, were never meant to surface, to remain in the shadows forever more.
So when Benjamin Belvedere comes to town, a young wanderer with a troubled past of his own, and followed by an evil little imp with a severe grudge against Ben, those secrets begin crawling up from the depths. When a few of the townspeople are murdered, Ben is the key suspect.
As he begins to doubt himself, and regrets coming to Jericho Hills, an even bigger threat from the town’s past rears its head and shows its teeth. A conflict that will have Ben battling two evils. The prize for winning this battle, his sanity.
James Watts was born in Birmingham, Alabama in March of 1976. Growing up in the small town of West Jefferson, Alabama, Watts spent his days lost in his vivid imagination. At age 10, he discovered the Hardy Boys mystery series and fell in love with reading. By Age 12 the discovery of Stephen King’s The Stand gave life to his need to write, to tell stories that he hoped the world would love. It would take twenty years of rejections and working low paying jobs, and going through two divorces, before he would see the publication of his horror novel Them through Fear Front Publishing. James Watts currently resides in West Jefferson, Alabama and has one 19 year old son, Bailey Watts.
Readers speak!
This ALPHA of the werewolf genre. It seems like vampires and zombies have had more than their 15 minutes of fame and werewolves have been for the most part kept in the cellar. Here is a book that can lead the charge when those growling creatures bust loose.
Watts sets the scene beautifully and then as simple as that last line (…well, not entirely all, as at least one man was in no way blissful this night) smoothly and easily guides you round the bend to the story. In my opinion, it’s a perfectly executed transition, and trust me, as a writer myself I can say that isn’t always so easily done. Watts makes the transitions as fluid as water through a tunnel.
Clark Roberts – 5 star review on Amazon
This is one of the best books I’ve read this year. James Watts is a brilliant writer. This book has an incredible story line.Your hooked from the very first page.Im looking forward to other books by him.If you like horror you will definitely not be disappointed with Beast of Sorrows.
Mary Oden – 5 star review on Amazon
