Initially released in the anthology, Stroke of Midnight, this installment in The Nightcreature series has a slightly different twist to it. Instead of werewolves we’ve got a Navajo skinwalker who is stalking Maya. And only Clay, the Jäger-Sucher sent to the area after a number of bodies had turned up dead, is able to keep her alive.

Nice story about two people who come together under the worst of circumstances, each who had been very much alone. And the skinwalker? This guy is really motivated in his need to kill her during the month of the Red Moon.

There doesn’t appear to be any tie-in with Sawyer from the Phoenix Chronicles. ( )