Meadowlarks

All Carolyn Potter wanted was a safe haven in which to raise her son, Jason, not to find a night stalker lurking in the forest surrounding their new mountain home. Following the unsolved murder of her husband and a violent attack on her son, Carolyn Potter learns she has inherited a cattle ranch located in a remote valley high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She eagerly leaps at the opportunity to escape urban violence, move out of her oppressive mother's home and get away from her hungry eyed, lip licking employer, Tom Kirby. Kirby, buried under gambling debts, is destroying Kirby Publications, a company built by his deceased father. Learning of Carolyn's inheritance compels him to win her favor in order to marry into her newfound wealth but Carolyn chooses Shangri-la, her dead husband's family ranch. Carolyn and Jason love their new home but soon learn of a local ritual being practiced on their land where a bull calf is brutally slaughtered with each cycle of the full moon. Seeking to end this gruesome practice, Carolyn saves the young calf and unleashes a monstrous creature, not realizing this creature is the protector of Shangri-la. After the creature attempts to break into their home, Carolyn calls on Tom Kirby for help. Kirby zooms to the rescue to confront the beast, rescue the girl and inherit her wealth, with which he intends to regain his prowess as a winning gambler. After her complete failure to end the slaughter of both bull calves and her neighbors, Carolyn must now decide whether to move back to civilization, stay and try to defeat her new threat or accept a bloody ritual that keeps the beast at bay.

Thomas Holladay studied screenwriting at the American Film Institute. He has completed six novels, Treasure, Meadowlarks, Deilberat Justice, Pursuit, The Birthday Box, and Comes the Call (in submission). He has also written more than a dozen feature length screenplays. Many of his original ideas and movie moments have appeared in major motion pictures such as The Village, Red Riding Hood, End of the Earth, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and others, and on television's L.A. Firefighter.
Thomas's life has been filled with exciting adventures all over this planet. These include, but are not limited to, varsity football in high school, varsity water polo in college, U.S. Marine Corps, lifeguard on Miami Beach, professional firefighter, published architect, building contractor, sailing the Caribbean, mountain climbing, scuba diving, motor cycling, horseback riding, acting on stage, in film, and on television, international travel, guitar, folk singer, art, fashion model, teacher, and so much more. These experiences and those souls he has met along the way form the foundation for his story telling. He does extensive research in all genres prior to story and character development.
He now lives in Cebu, Philippines with his wife, Wilma, their daughter, Michelle Trixie, and their cat, Tiffany.