The Leftovers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798299219531)

They're the crew from a service shop and used car lot who should be arguing about oil weights and trade-ins-not monsters. But when a shadow agency called Gauntlet comes knocking, the misfits get drafted: Dan Mercer in reluctant dad-mode inside a temperamental bio-suit; Mara, sharp-tongued and unflinching, powered up to match; Ellie, seven and fearless, in a suit that shouldn't fit anyone her size; Gus McKinney, a stubborn weredwarf with more grit than height; and Bubba, his big-hearted werewolf mentor who still insists on clocking in. They're not the A-team. They're the Leftovers.

Across Moonridge and Redhaven, the Creature Cabal tightens its grip-a vampire power broker, a werewolf matriarch who smiles sweet in daylight and savages by moonlight, and a hungry ghoul king-all serving a mind in the shadows. Gauntlet needs results; the Cabal wants blood. Between family dinners that turn into briefings, AI suits with opinions, and coworkers who molt between shifts, this patchwork squad has to learn to fight together before the Cabal turns small-town life into a feeding ground.

Darkly funny, fiercely heartfelt, and loaded with set-piece mayhem, The Leftovers is the satirical, big-screen-in-your-head culmination of the Half Moon Howler / Warranty Voided universe-where found family, bad coffee, and blue-collar bravery stand toe-to-toe with supernatural power. They weren't chosen. They were available. And that might be exactly what saves everyone.