City Under the Moon

"Bioweapon catastrophes, government conspiracies, military sieges, historical revelations, psychological warfare and werewolves. You want more thrill from a thriller?" - Seth Green On New Year's Eve in Manhattan, a werewolf attack sparks an epidemic. Each night the victims multiply. The disease spreads. An army grows. As authorities scramble to contain the monsters, they discover that one man is behind them. His name is Demetrius Valenkov. And he has a message for the United States: FIND A CURE. The disease evades an international coalition of top scientists. The president must prepare an unspeakable solution. But one person has picked up Demetrius Valenkov's trail: FBI counterterrorism specialist Brianna Tildascow. Forged by tragedy, training and technology, she's the government's most efficient-and ruthless-manhunter. Assisted by a horror blogger and a squad of elite commandos, Tildascow must hunt Valenkov across the globe and uncover the sinister secret of the curse threatening mankind. Tens of thousands are infected. Time is running out. CITY UNDER THE MOON A dramatic and realistic modern adventure set against a timeless superstition, CITY UNDER THE MOON is unlike any thriller you've ever read: Four hundred and fifty pages of unrelenting action propelled by rich characters and keen detail. For more information and a sample, please visit CityUnderTheMoon.com. This is the debut novel by Hugh Sterbakov, Emmy-nominated and Annie Award-winning writer of Robot Chicken, the award-winning graphic novel Freshmen, and feature and TV scripts for Disney, Paramount, AMC, SyFy and Fox.Author BiographyEmmy-nominated writer Hugh Sterbakov has sold TV and feature scripts to AMC, Paramount, Urban Entertainment, G4, Fox, SyFy and Disney, and developed projects with industry icons including Donald De Line, Gale Anne Hurd, Don Murphy, and Ben Stiller. He has won several awards for screenwriting, including the Irene I. Parisi "Set in Philadelphia" competition, and was a finalist in both the Disney Fellowships and the Nicholl Fellowships. He has twice been nominated for Emmys, for Robot Chicken: Star Wars and Robot Chicken: Star Wars: Episode III. For the latter, he won an Annie Award for Best Writing in a Television Series. Hugh was born and raised in West Philadelphia. He attended Robert E. Lamberton High School and worked at local comic and video stores. He traveled to Ithaca College in upstate New York for his BFA in Cinema and Photography with minors in writing and sociology, and then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned his MFA in screenwriting at UCLA. In his downtime during his conquering rampage through Hollywood, Hugh has written over 1,000 feature articles and reviews for such illustrious rags as America Online, Gamespot, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York, ToyFare, Wizard, World of Warcraft: The Official Magazine and CNN. He was a contract writer at GamePro for over five years, where he known as "Boba Fatt" and "Jango Fatt." He also developed marketing concepts for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and created missions for Spore Galactic Adventures. He currently co-hosts the One of Swords podcast with Activision's Community Manager, Dan Amrich. Hugh wrote the critically acclaimed comic book Freshmen, which is available in graphic novel form and in development as a feature film. Hugh has also written for Marvel Comics. Hell & Back, a stop-motion animated feature written by Hugh, is currently in production at Shadowmachine Films and features a voice cast including Rob Riggle and Mila Kunis. In March 2012, he released his first novel, City Under the Moon, a political, medical, military and horror thriller about a werewolf epidemic in Manhattan. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.