"Excellent story"
In 1874 Kansas, Hannah Gray and Daniel Drumm who are in
love seek privacy in a corn field near a town dance when a
giant wolf attacks them. In spite of Daniel's heroic
effort to save his beloved, the animal bites Hannah on the
forearm before fleeing into the night. Not long afterward, Hannah cannot sleep during the full
moon, but soon finds her clothing full of blood. Already
frightened, Malvinia the water witch scares her even
further by informing Hannah that she is a werewolf. The
only cure besides death is to cut off the paw of the Lupe
Garoux that changed you. Desperate, Hannah hopes to
return to 100% purebred human before she bites a friend. This is an engaging historical werewolf tale whose ending
will surprise readers though it should not. The story
line hooks the audience from the moment that Hannah is
bitten until the final climax. The transformation of
Hannah from young in love teenager to werewolf is handled
quite cleverly so that the reader accepts the conversion
as genuine. The audience will taste the Great Prairie
with its miles of cornfields as a decade after the Civil
War comes vividly to life, but this is clearly a classic
style horror tale that targets an appreciative early
teenage audience. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted May 3, 2004
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