Little Red Riding Hood is heading back into the woods to meet the big bad wolves … But she’s not little anymore. When she was seven years old, Helena Basque was attacked by a savage wolf that killed her Grand’Mere. Helena survived with triple scars that disfigured her face, and strange tales of a wolf that stood upright and spoke to her. Now at age sixteen, she knows it was no wolf. And it was not alone. A pack of similar animals banded together to kill Francois, the woodcutter who saved her from the first wolf. These creatures now threaten Helena’s family and everyone in the French province of La Rue Sauvage. To stop them, Helena must do things she never planned to do, and become something she never planned to become. Donning a red hood and cloak like the one she was forbidden to wear after the first attack, she arms herself with a repeating crossbow and other assorted weapons. She then wages a private war against the wolves, refusing to stop or slow down until she wipes them out. She only hopes she can somehow defeat the monsters when she confronts them … whatever they actually are. THE RED RIDER The New Action-Adventure Fairy Tale Thriller by Randall Allen Dunn Come along for the ride.

Never invite me to a royal ball … They tried to kill me. They’ll regret it. My name is Helena Basque. I was attacked by a strange wolf that scarred my face when I was seven years old. That creature was part of the Lycanthru, a cult of men who transform themselves into large wolves that can still speak and plan attacks on our province. I’m only sixteen, but I’ve been trained to ride and hunt and fight. My repeating crossbow contains silver-tipped bolts that bring swift death to the wolves, causing them to fear me and the sight of my red hooded cloak. Now they plan to take over more than the province, at a royal masquerade ball being held to honor the Queen. If I can’t find a way inside that party, the Lycanthru will kill everyone I love and enslave every survivor for the rest of our lives. So I’m finding a way in. And not letting one Lycanthru out. This ends tonight. Tonight, all the masks and gloves are coming off.