COLLINGWOOD TODAY: Collingwood author’s Feral Winter series continues with second book
Read the Collingwood Today article that showcases Benjamin Rempel and his second novel, Mutate.
Mutate continues the story that began with Infect in a genre the author calls 'horror with heart'
Jacqueline Poltrok, Collingwood Today
COLLINGWOOD — Collingwood resident Benjamin Rempel is looking forward to the end of winter, which will bring his spring book signing events, but his Feral Winter series of stories don't end here.
The second of the series was published in November, 2025.
Following the first novel in the series, Infect, Mutate continues the journey of the two main characters as they discover the virus that their town is infected with is beginning to mutate.
FERAL WINTER BOOK TWO by Benjamin Rempel
“Sharp, visceral, with masterful tension, Rempel continues to be an exciting new voice in Canadian Horror.” —Blank Spaces
After months of inoculating virus-infected townsfolk, Andrew Stone resumes his studies overseas while half-brother, Xavier, and cousin, Evelyn, settle into a new normal. But evil lurks in the shadows. There are whispers the antidote is waning while a frightening mutation is spawning a breed stronger, smarter, and more violent than anything seen before.
Tracking this new terror, Xavier and Evelyn lead a hack team of cops to a remote barn. But the group is quickly overtaken, plunged into clashes of carnage and butchery. As casualties mount, the survivors take refuge in a deserted motel where old friends unite and new threats surface.
As Andrew and Xavier begin to lose hope in finding their parents, they learn a haunting secret about the virus that could lead to a final cure, once and for all.
Dripping with tension, horror novelist, Benjamin Rempel, ratchets up the stakes in this terrifying sequel.
RELEASED ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025.
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Paperback | 331 pages | Horror | Adult Fiction |
