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Title: Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon ISBN: 0-671-73142-4 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 15 August, 1990 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (95 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Raw, Original, and Satisfying!
Comment: Robert R. McCammon's best-selling novel follows Michael Gallatin, British spy and werewolf, on a mission to Nazi Germany to foil a plot against the Allies. While the premise sounds like an episode of the Twilight Zone, in reality The Wolf's Hour is a fast- paced action and horror story that breaks the traditional werewolf rules. Silver is no longer wolf-kryptonite, and Michael Gallatin may change into a wolf at will, making his ability more of a blessing than a curse. The Wolf's Hour switches between a war story and Gallatin's adolescence as a young werewolf in uncharted Russian outlands. As beast and man, Gallatin experiences the eternal struggles of the human condition: love and hate, pleasure and pain, salvation and damnation, peace and war. McCammon has created a hero stuck between angels, demons, and his will to "Live Free" (31). Gallatin's story is sometimes tragic, others triumphant, and always violent. McCammon's smooth flowing prose is both vivid and gripping-sharpened with a gritty edge of realism. The descriptions and dialogue are so well written, the reader feels right there. There is a power to The Wolf's Hour that is unforgiving but extremely satisfying. The Wolf's Hour is highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: THE WOLF'S HOUR - ROARS!!!!!
Comment: Reading the works of Robert McCammon is like seeing a Saturday matinee cliff-hanger. The Wolf's Hour is the 6th book by McCammon that I have read and like many readers I passed it by for years because the plot seemed a little too bizarre for me. How cool can a werewolf book set in World War II be? And finally in 2001 I discovered the answer...VERY VERY COOL!
McCammon tells the story of Michael Gallatin in two parts. Part one deals with the early years of werewolf life and addresses the myth/fact areas of the legend that will be necessary for the novel. Part two is sheer action as Gallatin goes on a mission deep into Nazi Germany. The stories are told concurrently and intertwine throughout the novel. The book is a study in duality - good vs. evil, man vs. wolf, action vs. horror...and through it all we are left to ponder the question, "What is the werewolf in the eyes of God?"
As with his other excellent novels They Thirst, Stinger, and Blue World, McCammon provides a strong protagonist and more importantly an equal antagonist. The Wolf's Hour gives us three villains that the hero must deal with: Colonel Jerek Blok, his muscular henchman "Boots", and big-game hunter Harry Sandler. Waiting for these characters to meet and battle really made the read even more compelling. McCammon starts the ride in motion on Page 1 and takes us through more suspense and action than we could get at any theme park. The book is sheer KINETIC ENERGY. And, just like the cliff-hangers of yesteryear, McCammon puts our hero into numerous perils in every single chapter. Whether it is battling a Berzerker wolf in the forest, fighting off Nazi's on the roof of the Paris opera house, struggling for survival in a Nazi death camp, or battling a vicious hunter on board a literal locomotive death-trap, we are continually asking ourselves "How will the hero get out of this one?"
The Wolf's Hour is the best book that I have read this year and it is a sad commentary that McCammon gave up being a professional author. I strongly recommend that you do the leg work and dig up as many of his works as you can...you won't be disappointed with the ride.
Rating: 2
Summary: Lame
Comment: This book is pretty weak. It reads like a list of cliches taken from James Bond and every other cheapo action book you could imagine. The women are all beautiful and mainly interested in sex with the hero; the Nazis (of course) wear big boots and are psychotic; the head of the secret government agency has to come to beg the hero to come out of retirement for one more job; there are shoot-outs and fist fights galore..... I think you get the point. The language is at its worst during the romantic scenes, which are barely one step above Romance novel cliches. I will give the book the following. There is a ton of action from stop to start. But generally, this is a weak thriller.
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Title: Swan Song by Robert McCammon ISBN: 0671741039 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mystery Walk by Robert R. McCammon ISBN: 067176991X Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Speaks the Nightbird, Vol. 2: Evil Unveiled by Robert McCammon ISBN: 0743471393 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: GONE SOUTH by Robert McCammon ISBN: 0671743074 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Boy's Life by Robert McCammon ISBN: 0671743058 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 May, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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