The Nestling — Charles L. Grant

THERE IS A REASON IT HAS RETURNED …

Something has caused a grim and sudden change in Wyoming's Windriver Valley, something whose dark power was foretold in an ancient Indian prophecy Now after 20 years Jason Clarke comes home to a town gripped by a devastating force which defies all nature -- a force that points to something... supernatural.

THERE IS A REASON IT HAS RETURNED …

Now some ancient predator, born of bloody midnights, throws the shadow of its wings across the valley. Listen!

That cry like a woman's laugh. Look! Those mocking red eyes. Now an evil promise will be kept in the gleaming jaws of … THE NESTLING