The town is called Le Coeur. War travels surrounding roads while deserted streets give sanctuary to something special…guarded by something worse. They fell from the sky — commandos driven by desire. Each soldier is a battle-hardened machine fueled by desperation, but they will face an enemy who is more — an enemy who has long since given up the virtue of man for the violence of the beast. This is their story — a story of the horror, the brutality and the cost of war, and the story, too, of how the war waged inside a man’s heart is the greatest battle of all.
Steve Ruthenbeck was born in Minnesota. He grew up on a farm surrounded by corn and soybean fields. One of his earliest memories is hearing about a boy who got lost in a cornfield.
Ruthenbeck went through the standard K-12 school program. There, he read a book about a mutant goldfish. It inspired him to write his first horror story, which had a similar theme. Ruthenbeck eventually attended South Dakota State University and graduated with a degree in journalism. In between classes, he wrote a column for the college newspaper. Sometimes the column was good. Sometimes the column was bad. Once the column got him in trouble with the fraternities...
After college, Ruthenbeck began work in the communications field, where he has earned numerous Spotlight on Excellence awards. He also started selling short stories here and there. His first novel, Dogs of War, was published by Harbor House in 2005. DogSS of War is his preferred version of that story.
In his spare time, Ruthenbeck enjoys movies, sports, video games and spending time with his family.
Dogss of War was fun to read from cover to cover. I really enjoyed this historical World War II horror story. Steve Ruthenbeck artfully took the reader to an adventure with a bunch of conniving werewolves in the guard of a mysterious treasure... Read the book to find out for yourself!