Wilderness by Dean Koontz (2013) Bantam

A pre-cursor story of a new character.  We never get to see Addison directly, only through the reactions of other people.  When he was born, the midwife wanted to strangle him as a mercy to his mother.  But his mother held a gun on the woman and made her promise to never tell what she saw.  His own mother can only stand him for so long, before she has to insist that he go outside where she won’t see him.

A hunter accidentally comes upon him hiding in a cave and only sees his eye, then pursues him, trying to kill him, until a hiker surprises the man, entering a dilapidated cottage where Addison is hiding under the floorboards.\

Yet not everything fears the sight of him.  Wolves seem to like him and are willing to follow him, warn him of danger, and even play in front of him.

Where will Dean take us on this journey?