The Deadenders

Four young boys. Four pre-adolescent kids—all best friends—so close they formed their own exclusive no-girls-allowed club proudly declared The Deadenders. Four stalwart buddies walking together through the late afternoon gloom of tangled Midwestern woods on a mission that will secure even tighter their private little club, bind them more closely than ever, and set in motion a series of unspeakable events that will force each to grow up very fast…and face terrors that will haunt them well into adulthood. Four innocent boys, treading stealthily through a labyrinth of darkening forest to a pre-chosen spot…a magical place that will combine their greatest desires with their greatest fears. All blissfully unaware that they are not alone….that something else walks with them. Stalking. Waiting…

Author Biography

BRUCE JONES is the author/artist of nine previous novels including (under the pseudonym Bruce Elliot) the bestselling STILL LIFE, plus numerous screenplays, teleplays and graphic novels. Jones won the Upcoming Author of the Year award from the Bertelsman Book Club. He lives with his wife, novelist and screenwriter April Campbell Jones, and their dogs Pete and Lily. The Joneses spend their time in the ethers between Los Angeles and the Midwest.