"A fun to read historical fantasy"
The Druids worry as the forces of Julius Caesar's troops
overwhelm the island. Desperate to save their heritage,
Archdruid Mir sends assassin Dryas to kill Caesar. However,
before departing for Rome, Dryas must murder the werewolf
Maeniel who has brutalized the Celts and the Romans when
his beloved Imona vanished after a battle. Maeniel searches
for his missing lover who taught him to embrace his human
side as much as his wolf side. However, instead of slaying the shapechanger, Dyras becomes
a partner to Maeniel. Traveling together, they journey onto
the continent, heading to the Imperial City for a final
confrontation with Caesar on the Ides of March. NIGHT OF THE WOLF is an interesting dark mixing of history,
Shakespeare, and fantasy into an entertaining tale. The
story line is filled with action, but slows down when Dryas
provides soliloquies on a woman's right to hold any job
such as soldier and assassin. References from the Bard add
to the tale, yet the characters of Caesar and his wife seem
stale. Maeniel makes the novel as his dual personality
fight in a way that modern psychiatry would enjoy
observing. That split personality ever warring with itself
turns the NIGHT OF THE WOLF into a fun to read historical
fantasy. Harriet Klausner /August 1999
Copyright © 1999
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted August 20, 2002
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