White Wolf

Trina Baskin is a homicide detective with the NYPD who has been plagued by vivid dreams of blood, snow, slain wolves, and a pale-haired young man whose howl sounds inhuman. She writes them off as stress and too much late-night imagination, fed by the folk tales of her Russian father, who, after drinking heavily, rambles about shadowy powers and creatures that resemble men but are not. Then a case arrives that no one can explain: a young man is found outside a nightclub with a deep bite on his neck and no blood left in his body. With no leads, little sleep, and a partner who appears determined to wreck his own career, Trina is pulled into a waking vision that reveals her family's hidden history and makes her nightmares start to add up.

The story moves back to 1942, where Trina's great-grandfather Nikita serves as a captain in the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, or at least appears to. He and his men travel to Siberia to collect a volunteer, a boy said to be the key to defeating the Nazis, whose power could also bring disaster on the world. For generations, the immortal population has lived in secrecy, hoping its existence stays forgotten. The events on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1942 are set to change that.

Back in 2017, Trina must confront her family's past in ways she never imagined. The book suggests that monsters are real and may be the only chance humanity has to survive.