Drop Bear (Outback Terror Book 1)

DROP BEAR by Derek Heath Australia. For Claire Casey, a British medical doctor in need of a fresh start, the other side of the world doesn't seem quite far enough. But deep in the Tanami Desert, a great beast is waiting to drag her farther than she could ever have imagined... This is another world entirely. The Drop Bear is a cryptid of Australian legend, a gigantic koala-like creature as mythical as the Yowie or river-dwelling Bunyip. Banding together with a group of young survivors, each with secrets of their own, Claire will discover that many myths have their foundation in reality - and that the beast hunting them is not the only danger lurking in the outback... The first entry in the Outback Terror series from Derek Heath begins to unravel a web of conspiracy encompassing cryptid lore, savage wildlife, and monstrous human intervention. More at derekheathhorror.com.