Writing as Kali Metis, Lisa Kastner was born in one of the most dangerous cities in America. In high school, she was a dancer and co-host on Dance Party USA. At the age of 20 her house had burned down and she was suddenly homeless. She spent the next several years rebuilding and obtain her Bachelors, MBA, and MFA. While fulfilling an amazing corporate career, she began Running Wild, LLC. Lisa was named to Yahoo Finance's Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2021, nominated to FORBES NEXT 1000, featured in FORBES and named to New York Weekly's Top Ten Females to Watch in 2021.

"An exciting mythological adventure... I loved learning the history of the Birke along with Luna and unraveling her mysterious condition" --Stephanie's Book Reviews

"Lisa Kastner has a fast-paced, exciting voice and a talent for engrossing world-building. Her chilling universe is thoughtfully informed by trauma, folklore, and culture, and these two books - the first in what I hope will be an expanding oeuvre - are invigorated by her unique and timely perspective." --Old Style Tales

"This is one of the most unique and interesting takes I've read on the shapeshifter/werewolf genre. I just loved it!" -- Escape Reality, Open a Book

"A study of otherness, identity, and belonging in the shape of a high-stakes supernatural adventure, Metis changes up the werewolf genre in a beguiling mix of medieval and modern. With a touch of romance and a good dose of danger, CURE eclipses expectations." --Lee Murray, USA Today Bestselling Author and Bram Stoker Award(R) winner

"The stakes couldn't be higher for Luna. Love, health, safety, family, identity--they're all in play as she sets out on a journey that stretches across continents and centuries and finally into the mystical, a menacing world of secrets and myths and shapeshifters. In CURE, Kali Metis deftly weaves storylines of past and present that hurtle toward a breathtaking climax that make it impossible to put down this spellbinding tale." --Curtis Smith, author of The Magpie's Return, named best of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews

"Kali Metis is an exciting and unique new voice in modern fantasy and a writer you need to pay attention to." --Taylor Grant, Bram Stoker Award(R) Finalist and author of The Many Deaths of Cole Parker

Publisher: Running Wild Press

Pub date: 2024-10-03

Length: 308 pages