Winter of the Wolf Moon: A Mystery (An Alex McKnight Novel)

Winter of the Wolf Moon: A Mystery (An Alex McKnight Novel)
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Winter of the Wolf Moon: A Mystery (An Alex McKnight Novel)
Steve Hamilton
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Snow doesn't just fall on cedars on Michigan's Upper Peninsula: it coats everything, mobile and inanimate, in a treacherously quick, dangerously thick blanket of white. As Alex McKnight observes, gazing out the window of his cabin in Paradise, "It looked like about six inches of new snow. Around here, that qualifies as scattered flurries." Given this climate, the urge to hibernate is perfectly understandable--batten down the hatches, throw another log on the fire, and wait until the spring thaw. For Alex, the denning impulse is as much psychological as it is physical. Haunted by memories of his deadly failures as a cop, a private investigator, and a lover, Alex wants nothing more than to plow his driveway, be cordial to the snowmobilers who rent his cabins, and lower his core emotional temperature to the forgetting point. Unfortunately, he's got friends who get in the way of his seasonal plans.

When Vinnie LeBlanc, an Ojibwa Indian, convinces Alex to fill in as goalie for his hockey team, slap shots and hard checks are soon the least of his worries. Instead, he becomes embroiled in a tangle of conflicting allegiances; one of his opponents, Lonnie Bruckman, a bigot and a psychotic, is terrorizing the Ojibwa reservation in ways both personal and professional: he abuses his girlfriend, Dorothy Parrish, and sells "wild cat," a methamphetamine derivative, to members of the reservation. Dorothy--desperate to escape her Ojibwa heritage but reluctantly acknowledging its force--turns up on Alex's front door with a mysterious canvas bag and a plea for shelter: "'The wolf moon means it's time to protect the people around you because there are wolves outside your door.'" But the next day, she's gone.

As Alex, devastated by his inability to protect Dorothy, tries to find her, he must confront Bruckman--for whom a snowmobile is less a recreational vehicle than an instrument of torture; a mysterious Russian named Molinov; the combined forces of the local police and the DEA; and, it seems, even those he has always considered friends. Luckily for Alex, Leon Prudell, "a two-hundred-forty-pound whirlwind of flannel and snowboots," who really, really wants to be a private investigator, is right there to lend a hand. Leon adds a welcome note of comic relief to the novel (as does, to be sure, Alex's own dryly sardonic wit), but the book's tone is largely elegiac: "It was the middle of the day, but with the sun hidden behind the clouds and the weight of snow in the air, there was an oddly muted light, dim yet persistent, as each snowflake seemed to glow with its own energy. I stopped for a moment ... hypnotized by the sight of it and by the sound of my own breathing." Surviving winter takes many kinds of courage, and the reader will be enthralled by Alex's efforts to disprove Molinov's ominous warning, "'Once you freeze all the way through to your soul, you will never feel warm again. You'll see.'"

Steve Hamilton won the 1999 Edgar Award for his first Alex McKnight mystery, A Cold Day in Paradise, and Winter of the Wolf Moon will reassure readers that neither beginner's luck nor sophomore jinx troubles this author. --Kelly Flynn

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Ex-cop and sometime P.I. Alex McKnight endures the bitter winter of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in his log cabin with warm fires and cold Molsons. When Dorothy Parrish, a young Ojibwa woman, asks him for shelter from her violent boyfriend, McKnight agrees. But after secreting her in one of his cabins, he finds her gone the next morning. McKnight suspects vicious, hockey-playing Lonnie Bruckman of abducting the woman. But his search for her brings on more suspects, bruising encounters, and a thickening web of crime, all obscured by the relentless whiplash of brutal snowstorms. From the secret world of the Ojibwa reservation to the Canadian border and deep into the silent woods, someone is out to kill-and McKnight is driving right into the line of fire....AUTHORBIO: STEVE HAMILTON, born and raised in the Detroit area, now works for IBM in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and children.

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Decent Story but a Weak (Unsatisfactory) Second Act.......2007-09-02

One of the problems when a author begins a series, is that he knows that at some point he will have to create a secondary line of interest from the one that was set-up in the first book. Alex McKnight is an ex-minor league catcher and ex-Detroit Michigan Policemen who retired from the force after being shot three times in the chest, with one bullet being left close to his spine. He lives in the Upper Peninsula (UP or Yoopee) of Michigan in the town of Paradise. He makes his living by renting out cabins that have access to Lake Superior in the summer and snowmobiling trails in the winter.

More than anything, McKnight doesn't want to be a cop or even a private investigator ever again. But just like in the first book he is pulled back into criminal investigation by the whims of chaos. He has even got a
'partner' in the guise of a snowmobile salesman, Leon Prudell (who we met in the first book). His only 'friends' are a Ojibwa Indian Vinnie Le Blanco and Jackie (as Scotsman) who runs the Glasgow Inn.

The first book was filled with references to the Ojibwa way of life and the way the people of the first nations looked to the land. Yes some of it was 'hokie' but it's what makes these types of stories interesting. In this book, the Ojibwa way of life is only tangential to the story and feels as if it was thrown into the story at the last minute.

There is a lot of flippancy and smirking in the way some characters are presented. Two DEA agents are named 'Champagne' and 'Urbania'; could this be a plug for the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana? Two Russian bad guys are named, 'Roman' and 'Pearl'; the word for novel in Russian (like in French/Italian) is Roman, but I'm not sure of the "Pearl" connotation. Vinnie La Blanco's (who is an off-reservation Indian) last name translate to "The White". Throw in Mc"Knight" and the Sault (Soo Michigan) Ste. Marie Police Chief "Maven" and it starts to get a little overwhelmingly 'cutesy'.

Lastly, we are left with the knowledge that at some time in the future there will be a showdown between McKnight and a 'vicious' Russian mob boss named Molinov (he shoots two of his own men for killing an 'innocent' woman); and you get the feeling that this book was only written to prepare the way for the rest of the series. It's way too over the top when it comes to violence for violence sake.

Not to mention the unrealistic physical recovery of McKnight, after being dragged behind a snowmobile and suffering a partially collapsed lung and concussion, he walks out of the hospital the same day that his chest tube is removed. The guy is forty- eight years old and can hardly walk the day after playing goalie in a thirty minute hockey game; but can leave the hospital with a couple of broken ribs and a three inch incision in his side! Enough said, let's get back to reality.

Striking discription and story.......2006-12-01

This is my second "Alex" Novel. What can you say. You can feel that snow and cold, the boredom that can develop in the Upper and the people that live there and how they cope. His living in Michigan and observations have made him a great writer, any of us that live here in Michigan can feel all that he discribes. His plotting is great also both storys had me wondering all the way to the end. I will continue to read all his books as I progress. They are all great.

Stunning!"Winter of the Wolf Moon".......2006-11-06

I would call me an odd reader especially for a female!(46)Romance novels, etc. never have interested me.Never would I have thought a detective type story would even interest me!I couldnt put it down!I read it in a few hours!In fact I have just ordered the rest of his books!This was the first of the series I have read ,but now have all the rest coming!Should be a fine winter for my reading,of Mr. Hamilton's, Alex Mcknight series!!

Howling at the moon.......2005-04-04

What I like about Steve Hamilton's books is the seamless transition between humor, albeit sarcastic humor, and the 'game's afoot,' the mystery. But then Hamilton's real strength isn't that but rather his poetic description of the forest, in many places along the UP still untouched, the cold, nature, the sky and the solitude. He's a little bit of James Dickey and James Lee Burke, who write of the south, while at the same time peppering the reader with the quips and glibness of Parker and Crais. A difficult task considering the solemnity of the forest and the comedic qualities of Alex and Vinnie. But Hamilton keeps Alex's tongue in check when he's painting his canvas.

The plot is fairly pedestrian. Here we have the woman in distress and the traumatized hero, Alex McKnight 'volunteered' to help her. Then you have the contiguous sanctity of the Native American culture that Detroit born Alex didn't grow up with, but respects and in many ways, embraces.

Someone is selling designer drugs on the Reservation, and Alex and his friend Vinnie LeBlanc wonder if the two events, the girl in distress and her subsequent disappearance, are related to the drug traffic. And then there's the winter.

Hamilton describes it so well you may want to click the heat in your crib up a notch. Beautiful writing, worth the more common boy meets girl, helps her out, loses her, looks for her and gets a real good beating on the journey. Hamilton has a great future, and we're the beneficiaries. 4 stars. Larry Scantlebury

A great follow-up to his first novel!.......2005-01-16

Steve Hamilton's novels are so enjoyable to read. I just love the feeling of having one in my hand. This time Alex McKnight gets mixed up with a woman named Dorothy who asks for his help. Abused by her boyfriend, she just wants to get away. After letting her stay at one of his cabins, she turns up missing. Alex thinks her violent boyfriend may have kidnapped her and feels personally responsible for her disappearance. Later he finds out that she had a bag full of drugs and her boyfriend isn't the only one looking for her. Fast-paced and always a joy to read, Alex's personality leaps from the pages. I can't get enough of his wry humor.

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Ogami Itto and Daigoro finally walk on the moon..........2002-12-21

You always have to be wary about what is going to happen next in the Lone Wolf & Cub saga, but I have reason to believe that "The Moon in Our Hearts," Volume 19 in this manga epic constitutes the end of a major act. At the end of this volume, in the titular story, Ogami Itto and Daigoro "walk on the moon," and wait until you see what that means. Volume 19 offers up five stories:

(93) "Four Seasons of Death" offers a nice variation of the climatic battle between Lone Wolf and those who try to arrest him in a story where he is mostly a spectator to the action. A young woman on her way to her wedding is kidnapped by her lover, who holes up in a house and threatens to kill them both before letting her marry another.

(94) "Wives and Lovers" offers another different love story between Chiga, the widow of a Fukaya Han retainer and Karube Genjiro, a cavalry officer, who had been searching for four years for the Ronin who murdered her husband. During this time the two have become--well, that is the question here, which only becomes further complicated when the pair cross paths with Lone Wolf and Cub.

(95) "The Marksman" finds Retsudo Yagyu ordering Inaba Shigemasa, the foremost marksman of his age, to gun down Ogami itto, who has abandoned the baby cart to the sea and is climbing cliffs never climbed before by man (with Daigoro hanging around his neck).

(96) "A Mother's Flavor" is a story in which a prostitute spots Lone Wolf & Cub walking through town in the middle of the night and decides that if she follows them she will be free of her servitude. Noting that any one may walk the Shogun's roads, Ogami Itto allows her to follow. The title comes from the fact that Daigoro eats to survive and the taste of their rice means nothing to boy, who does not know "his mother's flavor." Before their paths diverge, the woman tries to do something about that.

(97) "The Moon in Our Hearts" finds Ogami Itto and Daigoro taking to the sea as the extended Yagyu clan comes to Edo for the final showdown. Meanwhile, Retsudo has the Shogun's finest warships patrolling the sea to blow Lone Wolf and Cub out of the water. Kazuo Kokie provides some of the most poetic descriptions of Ogami Itto's quest in this pivotal story that brings the assassin and his son one step closer to the end of their journey.

Once again there is a sense of the quiet before the storm, as Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima focus more of characters and less on a high body count in these five stories. Lone Wolf & Cub is a transcendent "comic book," now on the cusp of its 100th episode while maintaining a level of superior story telling that is unrivaled in the field. If there is something else this grand, I certainly have not heard tell of it to date.

The Lone Wolf saga continues.......2002-08-03

The genre-defining masterpiece of visual literature that is Lone Wolf and Cub Saga continues in this book. Former Shogun's Executioner, the ronin Itto Ogami and his son Diagoro attempt to enter Edo, the stronghold of the dreaded Yagyu clan of Assassins to settle once and for all the feud that is the focus of the entire saga. Bushido (the Japanese warrior philosophy) is never as well illustrated as it is here as Ogami is forced to cut his way through men who admire him but are honour-bound to stop him. Powerful storytelling and stark, brutal visuals with few restraints.

On to Edo........2002-04-16

This episode, Retsudo throws more fodder into Itto's path. An interesting passage in which Retsudo refers to and strategizes Ogami Itto as if he were an entire army, which for all practical purposes he is.

Also, there is an stylized melee in which we see none of the fighting, only the horrfified looks of peasants as they watch the massacre, with the sounds of battle and dying scattered through the images. Pretty grim.

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His name when he was human was Kern. Now he is the most feared of beings: a werewolf. When the change first came upon him, his parents drove him away with silver daggers. Later, he sought human companionship, but he could not hide the truth for long. And so he kept running until he ran headlong into the deadliest pursuer of all—a harper bent on stealing his life away. By chance Kern was able to find refuge at the Inn of the Yellow Tinker, and the woman he was destined to love. But can he risk both human and harper vengeance to keep her?

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Not his best work, but I give it 3 1/2.......2007-09-07

On occasion I get in the mood for some fantasy fiction, and this was a quick read on my commute for a couple of days. It's not de Lint's usual fare, being a more traditional fantasy rather than Urban Faerie, and it's an earlier, less polished novel.

The stories focuses on Kern, a werewolf being hunted by a mysterious harping mage accompanied by a frightening spirit-beast. Throughout the tale we get to meet an interesting cast of characters, including Ainsy, the proprietress of an inn, and her friends and adopted family who help her run it. And herein lies my first complaint--while the characters are a curious bunch, there's not as well-developed as they could have been. They're not entirely flat, but de Lint's later characters are crafted much more in depth.

The story is similar. It was a quick, light read, with good language, but it seemed to jump too quickly, particularly the romance between Kern and Ainsy. A book twice the length could have been a much better look at the story.

I'm betting the publisher had a lot to do with it, since fantasy novels in the late 80s tended to often be rather short. Still, there are rough edges, too, that attest to a less-experienced writer.

If you're used to de Lint's other novels, don't go in with expectations, On the other hand, it'd a nice bit of a quick read, and I'm keeping it in my collection.

A new look at the wolfman..........2006-10-07

If you want a fresh take on the wolfman theme, this book is it. It's told from the perspective of one lonely, rather dejected and pursued young man cursed with a monthly problem of turning into a beast in order to eat and accused of horrendous crimes.

There's love in this book; conflict and perhaps salvation. And several characters are fully realized -- almost like a really good soap opera in the mountains! I lovedd it for having held my interest and for its novel viewpoint! Top rate!

A twist.......2006-06-01

As I read this story, I found myself enjoying it the more I got into it. I reread the beginning a few times, as I kept losing interest, but after I got past the first few chapters I found the story a great entertainment. An easy read, it may be, but it's quite a twist from your regular supernatural stories. DeLint has sent the magic from the story into the mind of the reader, and his carefully worded descriptions make this story a great read. When compared to his other works, this little story may be overlooked and thought inferior, but this story is just as important to the DeLint collection as is his bestseller, Moonheart. DeLint has taken a classic tale and twisted its wrist to make it his own. It's totally unpredictable.

A New Spin On an Old Tale.......2005-10-30

Kern Kindregan narrowly escaped the unrelenting clutches of the Harper's feragh. The master and his silver beast knew only one sole purpose and duty: to kill each and every werewolf alive, and they were good at it. Ripped, bloodied, and left for dead, Kern was found by a young maid named Ainsy, who took him to her family's inn, The Inn of The Yellow Tinker. There Ainsy nursed him back to health, and the two of them fell in love.

So far, Kern had told no one of his condition, knowing of people's blind hatred for werewolves. But his almost normal life was soon rudely interrupted with the unwelcome arrival of the Harper Tuiloch once more. He had sent the feragh to attack Ainsy's uncle Tomtim, in order to lure Kern out to him. Kern fell for the lure out of love for Ainsy, and invaded Tuiloch's camp in wolf form. The feragh greeted him with tooth and claw, but Kern managed to drive it away. Too late he realized Tomtim had seen him, and he immediately revealed Kern's secret when they reached the Inn.

That night, Tuiloch came to the Yellow Tinker and, after earning the inn folk's trust, unleashed the feragh on Tolly, the Inn's stableboy. Tuiloch framed Kern and forced him to flee. While Kern was gone, Tuiloch enchanted everyone with his music, and stole Ainsy's heart while she still hated Kern. In the midst of this, Fion, Ainsy's sister, broke free of the Harper's spell and went looking for Kern. She eventually found him and convinced him to return to the Inn and to confront Tuiloch and win Ainsy back. When they returned, the Harper used Ainsy as a shield against Kern in battle. Fion helped out and broke Tuiloch's harp, releasing Ainsy from his spell. The Harper then raised the feragh to finish off Kern. But Ainsy and Fion crashed steel rods down on the feragh's head and neck, killing it. His beast defeated, Tuiloch gave in to Kern's power, but Kern killed him anyway for all the wrongs he had done.

Charles de Lint has really outdone himself in this beautiful and complex spin on the tale of the werewolf. At times, I found it necessary to consult certain myth-based Web sites in order to properly acknowledge characters such as the Harper and the feragh. I found that the Harper was a demon from the old Scottish highlands, who masqueraded as a traveling bard in order to infiltrate the werewolf's territory and kill it. The Harper was also said to be a mage whose magic was woven into the strings of his harp. By the method stated above, the Harper could gain the trust of the werewolf and subdue it enough with his music to raise the feragh, who would then kill the werewolf. Th feragh was also from the Scottish highlands. It was a mythical creature of the night, in that sense kin to the vampire. The feragh was said to have a siver pelt spotted with jet black. It was also said to be nearly invisible under the cloak of night.

Mr. de Lint has woven a tale so enchanting that even someone with everything to do could find the time to sit down and read Wolf Moon. It is chock-full of wild plot twists and realistic characters. Even legendary characters such as the feragh and Kern the werewolf are completely believable. If you are an avid fantasy reader, but only have the time for one novel, make it Wolf Moon, by Charles de Lint.

-C. Edwards

Great!.......2005-09-07

I really enjoyed this book. It's light and easy to read, yet filled with vivid imagery and characters that you can easily sympathize with. I'm also a sucker for wolf/werewolf stories. Again, I really loved this and I think it's a great book for all ages.

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Great Western Noir
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Great Western Noir.......2006-06-13

I devoured the book in one sitting. I really enjoyed it. The book came out a few years ago and it's unlike any western I've read before. Think of it as western noir, with an emphasis on noir, though you wouldn't know that from the standard "western" cover and "frontier" font. Sure, it takes place in the west and has all the expected genre trappings...but it's the kind of tale Charles Williams, Harry Whittington, Dan J. Marlowe, Wade Miller, Vin Packer and Charles Willeford like to tell. Dark and violent. Grim and doomed. It's about a bank robber who gets double-crossed, goes to prison, and seeks revenge. Sounds pretty standard but trust me, it isn't. The hero of this book is an original...a guy who is literally rabid with revenge. I can't help but wonder how the book would have fared, and the attention it might have garnered, if it was marketed as a weird twist on a dark crime tale instead of western.

For fans of suspense thriller fiction.......2002-11-11

Wolf Moon by Edward Gorman is a 215 minute, 3 cassette audiobook and the story of a double-crossed ex-convict determined to get vicious revenge on the man who murdered his brother, sent him to prison for ten years, and permanently scarred his face by siccing a killer wolf on him. Highly recommended listening for fans of suspense thriller fiction, Wolf Moon is dramatically narrated by Alan Zimmerman who is impressively skilled at bringing Gorman's dark, compelling tale of determination and brutal ruthlessness.

Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women & Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood

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Inspiring
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A must have book for daughters; sons; mothers; and fathers

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Nowadays teenage girls--at least those depicted in books--seem to wade through rivers of pain to reach womanhood. Time and again we hear of girls tempering their voices and leaving behind skills and interests like cast-off baggage. And small wonder, when faced with serious issues such as sexual abuse, teen motherhood, drugs, lack of a spiritual toehold, and the hoary chestnut that guys don't like smart, outspoken, athletic girls. To counter such sapping influences, K. Wind Hughes, a onetime teen mother, and Linda Wolf started a weekly focus group for girls designed to hurdle ubiquitous mumbles of "I don't know" and draw out personality and desires. Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun mines this rich lode, pairing the girls with an extraordinary array of mentors who have struggled with some of the same challenges. Poet Maya Angelou, peace activist and Goddess worshiper Starhawk, songwriters the Indigo Girls, and psychologist Carol Gilligan are among those who point the way.

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This book of compelling photos and autobiographical stories from more than forty teenage girls who participated weekly in a two-year focus group provides validation, support and vision for girls facing the transition to womanhood. By sharing themselves intimately on topics ranging from bulimia to drugs, and from pregnancy through suicide, these young women explore the process of discovery, healing, and self-esteem; they are accompanied by interviews with accomplished women mentors - including Michele Akers, Maya Angelou, Riane Eisler, and the Indigo Girls.

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way too mature for young girls!.......2004-08-16

I wanted to send a gift to a 12 yr. old girl to mark the beginning of menstruation and I choose this book after reading several reviews. I was horrified when her parents called to tell me about some of the testimonies from the later chapters. Everthing from rape, to 3-way sex, to teenage prostitution is discussed vividly. This book is intended for a much older audience, particularly survivirs of abuse.

Inspiring.......1999-08-09

I cannot begin to express my fondness for this book. It is truely excellent. I was given the book for my 16th birthday. It has opened my eyes to what I really am and has taught me to love myself for who I am. The Daughter/Sisters project, the inspiration begin the book, is an excellent program. Infact, the author of the book lives in my home town. I was able to meet her, and since knowing her, I have become best friends with her daughter, one of the young women to tell her story in the book. It is a pleasure to know the minds behind such a wonderful book. I highly recommend it for those of you in search of you identity.

incredibly heart felt, unbelievably brave.......1999-06-15

"Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun" is the most enlightening book I have ever read into the hearts and souls of young girls and young women. It confirms every fear and every joy I ever had as a young girl. I only wish this book and the Focus Group inwhich it was born from were around when I was growing up. Even today--in my 30's--it spoke to me and made me feel I can make a difference in the upbringing of my young niece. I highly reccommend this book to everyone who ever wanted to make a difference in the lives of young women--and, also,young men.

Awesome perspective on the lives of females..........1998-07-11

This book is a great representation of the problems and triumphs of females. I can't say that I identified with all the stories but I found them to be a learning experience. The authors of this book and many of the girls who told their stories are neighbors of mine, and it was a little strange to read about people I know like that. But over all it was excellent!

A must have book for daughters; sons; mothers; and fathers.......1998-03-20

This book is a "lessons learned" compilation from young women and "well-known" women. It is a confirmation of experiences that all of us may or may not have had that shows that we are not alone out there. I wish that this book would have been out there for me when I was a teenager, so much that I ended up purchasing 5 extra copies, (one) to set aside for my 7 year old daughter. This is a book that "our" sons and fathers should read, to not only understand us better, but to better understand themselves. This book provides an empowerment for all to be open to reaching up and running with life. It is a salve in healing wounds and assisting us in our evolution as human and spiritual beings.

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Unsatisfying ending...

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Unsatisfying ending..........2006-11-18

I don't really know how to even begin this review. I didn't dislike the book so much as I felt like it was incomplete and therefore, unsatisfying.

First, we have our sexy hero, Jake, who was bitten by a creature several years ago and now has to lock himself in a cage every time the moon is full because he is a werewolf and is afraid he'll harm or kill someone. Despite his "love 'em and leave 'em" approach to women, he's a good guy at heart. He's only ever been really drawn to one woman and it was after that one night they shared that he was bitten, and he's never seen her again.
Enter the new day camp coordinator, Josie, and of course, our hero's long lost obsession. She's got a tragic past, and is living the dreams of her deceased husband instead of her own. Turns out he was killed by some creature out in the wild four years ago. She hasn't gotten over it or beyond it and she's not looking for any kind of entanglement. Especially not with Jake, who tormented her in elementary school with snakes.

On the night the moon is full, she happens to stop by his office. Before he can make leave, the change is upon him. He tells her to lock him in his cage even as he is changing before her eyes. Her shock prevents her from locking the cage.....and it's a darn good thing, because another wolf pops up and seems intent on killing her. Our hero gets out of his cage, and engages the other wolf in a bloody fight.Josie passes out in the cage, having locked herself in for protection from both of them.

And thats it. Well, there is the struggle of their relationship, her coming to grips with his werewolf condition, his coming to grips with the fact that he might just love her. Some steamy sex. The fact that maybe Josie has been the target all along, not Jake and not her deceased husband. Unfortunately, the author never fully fleshes out this side of the story. Very little time is spent on the the attempt on her life, the mysterious wolf Jake fought, or really even anything to do with Jake's condition. The story ends with a short epilogue but it answers no questions (and I had several)and it didn't have the feel of a book that was being set up for a series.

For a paranormal romance, there isn't a whole lot of that aspect to the story. Jake's change is pretty much the extent of it. Hard core paranormal readers who like Laurell K Hamilton, Lora Leigh, Christine Feehan or Sherrilyn Kenyon will likely be disappointed with that. The relationship aspect of the story is well done and the love scenes are steamy. Unfortunately, there was just so much of the story missing that it took away from what was otherwise an entertaining read.

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Total Suspense
The best adventure ever
Great story!
great book...should be a movie
Read of the summer!

Wolf Hunter: Akhirah Moon
Jason Hamilton
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1412088712

Book Description

The year is 2002 and Kyle Hunter is a man who seems to have it all. A loving new family, exciting career as a firefighter, and close friends surround his seemingly picture perfect life.

When a tragic accident threatens Kyle's life of bliss, his actions set in motion a chain of events that soon place him at the epicenter of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Kyle comes face to face with his greatest fears as he finds himself at the edge of Manhattan's Ground Zero, and soon afterward, ends up stranded deep behind enemy lines as Iraq prepares for the U.S. invasion. He is subsequently taken in and befriended by a local Iraqi family who, unbeknownst to him, secretly possesses strange ties to a world terror organization.

At the same time, not far away, the United States CIA is engaged in a race against time to implement its own plot to overthrow a regime long overdue a change. As wartime nears, Kyle finds himself precariously in the cross-hairs of a millennia-long power struggle for world domination.

Before its over, Kyle's loyalties to his country, his family, and his profession will be tested as he finds out first hand, what it's like to live as an outlaw Muslim in the Middle East. All facets set the stage for the ultimate showdown between good and evil, as Kyle will be forced into battle against his oldest and most mortal enemy, himself.

It is only through darkness, that light can be born.

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Total Suspense.......2007-08-08

This isn't the typical book I choose to read, but once I started, I couldn't put it down. I cried, I cheered! I am thoroughly impressed with Mr. Hamilton's work.

The best adventure ever.......2007-02-11

It must have taken a tremendous amount of research to produce this book. The result is a book with enough adventure, suspense, action and romance to satisfy anyone. Along with a lot of educating moments. It is by far one of the best books I have read in a long, long time. It gripped me from the first page and never let up. Not a boring spot in the book. I could barely put it down. I'm looking forward to the next adventure of Kyle Hunter which I am sure will be another big hit.

Great story!.......2006-12-10

Jason Hamilton is Clancy and Le Carre rolled into one! Akhirah Moon is a great read; a page-turner from the first. I can't wait for the movie!

great book...should be a movie.......2006-10-03

Excellent book!!! Couldn't put it down. Mr. Hamilton has done his homework on how things work in the real political/military/intelligence world and put it into a story we all can relate to in the post 9/11 world. Keep the charactor going mr hamilton. Jack Ryan beware.

Read of the summer!.......2006-09-24

This book was entertaining, fun and educational. It takes a different outlook at worldly events. It puts a human face on all sides of world events. As an Iraqi war veteran myself I find it non opinionated and non judemental, it keeps you very interested. I can't wait for the sequel.

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Little Wolf and the Moon
Marjorie Dennis Murray
Manufacturer: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0761451005

Earth Signs: How to Connect with the Natural Spirits of the Earth

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Earth Signs: How to Connect with the Natural Spirits of the Earth
Grey Wolf , Andy Baggott , and Morningstar
Manufacturer: Gramercy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517227444
Release Date: 2006-05-02

Book Description

Based on Native American shamanic tradition, Grey Wolf, a Lakota Indian, teaches readers to discover their connection with the natural world. Exploring what parts of nature—animal or mineral—correspond with each birth sign, readers learn how those earth spirits can help make decisions and chose the right path on life's journey. With full-color photographs, Earth Signs examines the powers of Native American symbols, stones, moons, plants, and animals, and guides readers to discover more about themselves, including how to:
• Choose totems
• Make and use Earthwebs and Medicine Wheels
• Find their personal watai, or power stone

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