When Manny Whitefeather finished up his shift at the local dinner that night, he expected to go back to his boring little life, where every day was always just the same, and nothing new or exciting ever happened. What he got instead was witnessing the murder of the girl he liked at the hands of a horrifying bloodsucker who now knew his face. As the vampire and his clan descended upon the small town of Joshua with nefarious intent, Manny found himself being hunted down by creatures of the night, with nowhere to go and no hope to escape. His only chance of survival was the charming but cocky monster hunter Dick Harrison, his tour guide into the world of myth and monsters.

Fernando Oliveira is a novelist and scriptwriter. He has been writing stories since he can remember. His first novel was finished while still in high-school; his début on the literary world, with the short story "City Lights", came shortly thereafter. TNC: AWAS is his first published book, but certainly not the last. Oliveira currently lives in Brazil, where he is studying Literature & Languages.