Jeff Mariotte is the author of more than forty-five novels, including the supernatural thrillers "Season of the Wolf", "River Runs Red", "Missing White Girl", and "Cold Black Hearts;" the thriller "The Devil s Bait", the horror epic "The Slab", the "Dark Vengeance" teen horror quartet, and others, as well as dozens of comic books, notably "Desperadoes" and "Zombie Cop". He has written books, stories, and comics set in beloved fictional universes, including those of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", "CSI" and "CSI: Miami", "The Shield", "Criminal Minds", "Conan", "Superman", "Spider-Man",...