Rough Beast cover

Rough Beast

by Gary Goshgarian

A government project in germ warfare is abandoned and the virus is buried on the outskirts of Boston. A house is built atop the dump and it is bought by Terry and Calvin Hazzard. In time the containers leak, but the Hazzards are not aware of the dump, cannot understand why their 12-year-old son, Matty, is turning into a beast. By the author of Atlantis Fire.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?