Fourteen-year-old Copper Inskeep is the pride of Windydown Vale. Everyone knows he’s the affable, hard-working son of the town’s innkeepers. Very few also know his dark secret: that he’s the Ghoul, Windydown’s own local legend. Every night, Copper dons a gruesome costume and prowls the swamp surrounding the Vale. It keeps wanderers from stumbling into the dangerous bogs, scares bandits away, and makes sure travelers steer their way toward the inn at the center of town, rather than saving a few coins by camping in the swamp. It’s a dangerous double life, but Copper’s managing it well enough…
…at least, until the world’s most renowned monster hunter shows up in Windydown and proclaims he’s going to “solve” its Ghoul problem…
Art Credit: Larissa Brown Marantz (https://larissamarantz.com/index.html)