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| English: Skeleton of a dire wolf, Canis dirus, in the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Part techno-thriller, part horror, and all
entertaining, that’s the only way to describe Patrick Jones’ novel Wolf’s Moon. Mark Lansdowne, aka Mike
Linden, lives with his three dogs in the small Ozark town of Maple Hills that’s
not supposed to have wild wolves. But, when people start dying, with clear
evidence that they’ve been attacked and eaten by some large carnivore, Mark
finds himself thrown into the middle of a mystery that could lead to his death.
But, Mark is not your normal victim; in fact, he’s not a victim at all. With
all the cunning and viciousness of the creatures who are preying on the
citizens of his town, he takes the attacks personally, when a woman he happens
to think highly of is killed.
With the help of his friend Warren Skruggs, Mark
sets out to eliminate the threat. Using the skills he’s obtained from a past
that he keeps hidden from his neighbors, he turns the hunters – packs of Dire
Wolves that are thought to be extinct – into the hunted. Jones has crafted a
tale that will keep you on the edge of your chair, and make you nervous about
going out at night. I can promise you, after reading this story, you’ll get
chills up and down your spine the next time you hear a howl in the middle of
the night.
Wolf’s
Moon
is a tightly crafted suspense thriller with all the right elements, handled in
just the right manner.
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