In a war of men... they are the night.
Captain Nathaniel Ashford expects hungry soldiers, worn boots, and orders that make little sense. Instead, he inherits a Confederate company whose men wake with blood beneath their nails-and no memory of where they have been.
Deep in the Appalachian mountains, something is changing them. Ashford finds claw marks in solid timber, bodies that no ordinary weapon could have torn apart, and frightened soldiers struggling to conceal what happens after dark.
Elara, a local woman whose family has guarded the mountains' secrets for generations, may hold the answers. But the truth leads beneath a ruined church, to sealed ground his men were ordered to open.
Someone in command knew what lay buried there.
Now, with another full moon approaching and his company slipping beyond his control, Ashford must seek help across enemy lines. To stop the slaughter, he may have to turn his weapons on men who still recognize his voice.
The Gray Moon is a standalone Civil War horror novel blending visceral werewolf terror, military conspiracy, and the human cost of command.