Dog Ears Bookstore & Café, 688 Abbott Road, Buffalo, will host local author Chad Dziamski for a book-signing event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 21.

Dziamski, author of “Hellbowned: Blood of the Jestdor,” was born and raised in Western New York and has always had a talent for storytelling. Shortly after high school he enlisted in the United States Air Force. Now a disabled veteran, he moved back home to Evans where he lives with his wife.

Upon awakening in the 21st century, the only thing that CJ wanted to do was satisfy the thirst that was building up within him from being asleep for more than 100 years, then go forth and live a new life away from the family he had grown to resent. But after a newfound friend is kidnapped, CJ takes to his vampiric ways to save her from those who took her. Now someone from his past, whose heart is set on revenge against CJ, has come out of hiding to finish what was started between the two all those years ago. Will CJ’s actions truly make him and everyone around him “hellbowned?”

For more information on Dog Ears Bookstore, please call 823-2665 or visit http://dogearsbookstore.org. You can also follow Dog Ears Bookstore on Facebook for updates.