Unnaturals: The Battle Begins

Perfect for fans of the Animorphs and Warriors series, Devon Hughes's exhilarating debut is full of friendship, heroism, high stakes, and epic adventure.

Castor has always been a stray, prowling with his pack in the back alleys of Lion's Head. That is, until the day that he's captured and taken to a dark laboratory full of terrifying creatures. They're called Unnaturals, and they're made to fight.

Soon Castor is transformed from a mutt into a powerful beast with huge eagle wings—and he's thrust into the fighting ring. He knows he'll need all of his courage to survive. But it will take unexpected human and animal allies and something even more than courage for him to save the Unnaturals....

Castor has always been a stray.

He knows no other life than the one he has spent in the back alleys of Lion's Head, prowling with his pack. His days are filled with the unknown: Where to eat? Where to sleep? Who to trust? But Castor's tougher than he looks, and he's always gotten by.

Until the day that he's captured by a group of strange men. And taken to a dark laboratory full of terrifying creatures.

What Castor doesn't know is that there's a nefarious secret society lurking beneath the busy streets of Lion's Head. Scientists who trap stray and exotic animals and create hybrids by injecting them with a DNA-changing serum. They call these extraordinary new breeds Unnaturals. And they force them to compete against each other in an infamous fighting ring for big prize money.

Soon, Castor is transformed from a German shepherd mutt into a powerful beast with huge eagle wings. As he's thrust into the ring, he knows he'll need all his courage to survive. But it will take unexpected allies and something even more than courage for him to save the Unnaturals. . . .

“This first book in a planned series will appeal to animal fiction fans who like rooting for an underdog.” - School Library Journal