Books in series
#1
Burn Our Houses Down
2012
Hayley and Xavier, two young adults from the small town of Pine Bush, N.Y. have been friends since childhood.
After Hayley's twin sister dies in a car accident, Xavier is determined to get her out of her funk. They go on a camping trip that is ended abruptly by a wildfire.
When they make into the town in the valley of the Shawangunk Mountains, everyone is missing, all the food is gone and something is in the woods.
Something, not quite human, is at the top of the food chain now.
#3
Painted Red
2015
Six months ago, the food went missing. A growling in the woods made it clear to Hayley, Xavier and Aisley that safety wasn't an option anymore. Gangs run the woods forcing the remaining survivors to flee. Hayley and Aisley were taken by the soldiers at Fort Ticonderoga. But they didn't save Xavier.
Separated from his family, Xavier must survive in the woods in order to see them again. But will he still remain a human, or will he turn into more of a monster to keep himself alive?
Author
Kelsey Garmendia
Author · 3 books
Kelsey D. Garmendia is an alumnus of the State University of New York at New Paltz. She obtained a bachelors degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. Garmendia is featured in Confettifall, Embodied Effigies, Penduline Press, The Stonesthrow Review, My Unfinished Novel, Poydras Review, and Midnight Screaming. She also authored a book series called The Burn Our Houses Down Series (Burn Our Houses Down and If I Lose), and a stand alone novel titled Disenchanted.
