Flashing between the present, the early 1960s and the late 1880s, its narration occasionally long-winded, Somtov's ( Vampire Nation ) novel offers a complex horror experience, rich in atmosphere and history-not to mention animal sexuality and a great deal of gore. In her investigation of the showdown between shaman and werewolf, Carrie is joined by Preston Bluefeather Grumiaux, her old high school flame, who now works as a part-time tribal policeman and also at the Szymanowski Institute, which happens to be the present home of the Laramie Ripper. SP Somtow does for werewolves what Bram Stoker started for vampires, only much, much darker. If youve got serious squick-factor and bestiality makes you uncomfortable, rather leave this book on the shelf. The first was at the tender age of 12 or so and I think much of it went over my head. His other horror books include the werewolf-Western novel Moon Dance, and the zombie-. This is the second time Ive read Moon Dance. The secrets she discovers connect Austro-Hungarian werewolf immigration and 100 years of Native American wolf-worship, and will change her life forever. He was president of the Horror Writers Association from 1998 to 2000. When young Carrie DuPre travels from Berkeley, Calif., to the South Dakota Badlands to search out the true story of the Laramie Ripper-a mass-murderer reputed to have killed his victims by evisceration-she gets a lot more than she (and perhaps the reader) bargains for. A historical romance, a Dickensian chronicle of the American West, and a brutally violent werewolf epic.Moon Dance is simply one of the finest fantasy.
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