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The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice (view source)
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Reuben is on the up, make no mistake about it. He will turn from a good journalist to a great journalist - it's just that most of his family, his girlfriend and his editor all patronise him with diminutive nicknames based on his boyish good looks. While staying at a secluded cliff-side mansion in the Californian forests, and researching the back-story of it being on the market for the first time in decades, he survives a bloody attack, and ends up with the house his. And, of course, he receives the Gift - and becomes a werewolf. What does this mean for him - and for others, and just what are the secrets remaining in the strange mansion?...
It's great to report that [[:Category:Anne Rice|Anne Rice]], having redelivered vampires for a new generation, has turned her expert hand to werewolves, and has given us what we wanted, which was MORE. This being current day, she uses more science - the Gift is looked at by some characters as regards DNA and enzymes, etc. There's more theology, and a lot of subtle use of morals - you might think a new werewolf is a bad thing, but you haven't met the real monsters of this world. This being Anne Rice there's more romance, as this beast gets his beauty. And while Reuben struggles to work out the history of this Gift - and what it might mean for his future - we gets all this revealed with all the drama of a superior thriller.