Grey Alpha

Former combat medic Ivan Corby has survived warzones, disasters, mountains, deserts, and more — but nothing could prepare him for becoming what he is now.

In 2013, while camping alone at the remote gorge of Troller’s Gill, Ivan encountered Barghest, the spectral black hound of legend. Days later, after a rapid decline linked to rabies from a recent dog encounter in the Philippines, he was pronounced dead.

Only he didn’t die.

Awakening in a covert government facility, Ivan learned he carried Lykos Lyssavirus — a form of werewolfism. Imprisoned and studied for years, he finally escaped with Qasim, a young Syrian refugee who shares his fate.

Now hiding in the wild, Ivan’s body changes month by month, his humanity slowly slipping away. Told entirely through letters and survival logs, Grey Alpha is his account of a full life to the son who believes he’s already dead — a story of survival, and an examination of what it means to be human.