The Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles: Rites of Passage Paperback -

An ancient evil, a teenager on the run from a tragic past, and a collision course with destiny, fate, or maybe something else entirely.
Sage City, Colorado is a beautiful but struggling town. Its mining history has dried up, leaving it only with a dark local legend that may just be more history than myth. But an East Coast developer named Lucius Furr and his team, including Lennox Dupree and Elena Cordova, might just bring salvation- or awaken a long-dormant evil.
Sawyer Shepherd is on a road trip of self-discovery- and running from a tragic past. He hopes to find himself and healing from the loss of his parents while in the deadly beauty of the Colorado Rockies. He soon finds himself caught up not only in Furr's plans for the small town, but also an ancient and epic battle between good and evil. Guided by locals Eli Romer (the 'town drunk' that knows more than he lets on) and Mandy Jane (college intern with the Parks Service), Sawyer will seek to overcome the demons of his past while also trying to survive a real-life demon that seeks only to consume.
Or is it also trying to open the door for an even greater and more powerful evil?
The first book in the Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles (and first novel by author Chad Lehrmann) introduces you to a world where demons take the form of monsters and a small number of people act as "Judges" that protect the rest of us from the supernatural monsters that are hunting us. Equal parts humor, horror, and heart, you will find heroes to cheer, villains to fear, and mysteries to unravel as you explore a world where destiny may not be all that it seems.
Author Chad Lehrmann pulls back the veil on a world very much like our own, but with supernatural forces lurking in the depths of the earth-- and perhaps even walking amongst us. Fans of the television show Supernatural or young adult novels such as the Harry Potter or Percy Jackson series will find relatable characters thrust into far from ordinary experiences. Sawyer Shepherd, Mandy Jane, and Eli Romer provide readers of a variety of ages a person to connect with as they journey with the heroes to survive a terrifying ordeal, save a city...and maybe even the world.