Wrong Side of the Grave

by Bryna Butler

Overview

When Eric Jansen takes a seat behind his drums, every girl in the place takes notice. Not that he's surprised. He's had decades to practice. The guy is almost perfect. Still, there's that one tiny thing...

Eric Jansen is an alien. Offworlder. Take me to your leader, fall from the sky, space invading, phoning home, UFO jockey. A swipe of the tattoo on Eric's arm will reveal his true form which locals call Mothman, a winged creature formed of ashen gray skin and glowing red eyes. Eric is one of the last of his kind.

So when the recently deceased of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, start walking and talking, the Men in Black mark him as suspect number one. It will be up to Eric and his inner circle to solve the mystery before the black suits lock him up and throw away the key.

A fun read, Wrong Side of the Grave is a fast-action Teen Sci-Fi Mystery with a paranormal twist.

Parent Approved: Contains no profanity or sexual content.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507898079
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/21/2015
Series:	Mothman Mysteries , #1
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	787,766
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Bryna Butler is a journalism-trained writer having authored dozens of articles and financial publications before taking the leap into fiction in 2011. She holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from the University of Rio Grande where she received the Outstanding Communications Student Award for her graduating class.


Her first book, Of Sun & Moon, skyrocketed to number one on Kindle top free charts in the categories of Teen/YA Supernatural Mystery, Teen/YA Romantic Mystery, and Teen/YA Time Travel in the U.S. and U.K. when the title went to free status in 2014.


Self-described as a teen who refused to read, Butler often speaks to students on how to read for recreation and finding the books that are right for them. She strives to create characters that are relatable and feel the full weight of their choices.



Butler's work is free of profanity and sexual content making them safe reads for pre-teen as well as teen readers.

Editorial Reviews

2015-03-18
An alien who feeds on vampires is stumped when the recently dead in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, are apparently no longer dead in Butler's (Book of the Lost, 2013, etc.) YA supernatural thriller.Eric Jansen is just your typical teenager and drummer for a rock band. Except, when not in human form, he's a red-eyed, centuries-old alien who has spurred the local Mothman legend. His food source on Earth is vampires, allowing him to work in cooperation with a secret government agency. But he becomes the men in black's first suspect when bodies at the funeral home start sitting up, walking, and talking. He and his human bestie, Bridget, initiate their own investigation, while the city folk crowd the cemetery, convinced that subterranean loved ones will soon awaken. Eric, however, fears that someone may be on to him when Bridget suddenly disappears. This entertaining novel navigates well-trod ground with style. The vampires, for instance, seem like typical bloodsuckers but are actually aliens that Eric's kind has followed to Earth. Both Eric and Bridget are cynical but charmingly so, and endless alien-related puns never get old, like Eric's suggestion that "people who live in invisible spaceships shouldn't throw stones." Along with a grand plot and vibrant characters, including the enigmatic Agent Hisato Ikeda whom Eric thinks might be an alien, Butler delivers a notable mystery/thriller. Dramatic tension is wielded expertly; Eric and Bridget, for example, distrust a funeral director and news reporter, who may have their own agendas. Butler dabbles into Eric's background but doesn't overdo the flashbacks. The same is true for aliens in general; readers only glimpse the interior of Eric's concealed spacecraft (and hear what can only be presumed is alien profanity: "Slux!"). Romance between Eric and Bridget is wonderfully understated, as everyone but the couple appears to recognize that they're more than just friends. Limitless possibilities to explore their relationship, as well as a lingering unconquered foe, give the next book of the proposed series a smashing head start.Butler revives the moribund with her fresh take on aliens, vampires, and the undead.

Kirkus Reviews