The Wolf's Hour

Robert McCammon

Oct 2011 · The Michael Gallatin Thrillers Book 1 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

Master spy, Nazi hunter—and werewolf on the prowl—in occupied Paris: A classic of dark fantasy from a Bram Stoker Award—winning author.

Allied Intelligence has been warned: A Nazi strategy designed to thwart the D-Day invasion is underway. A Russian émigré turned operative for the British Secret Service, Michael Gallatin has been brought out of retirement as a personal courier. His mission: Parachute into Nazi-occupied France, search out the informant under close watch by the Gestapo, and recover the vital information necessary to subvert the mysterious Nazi plan called Iron Fist.
 
Fearlessly devoted to the challenge, Gallatin is the one agent uniquely qualified to meet it—he’s a werewolf.
 
Now, as shifting as the shadows on the dangerous streets of Paris, a master spy is on the scent of unimaginable evil. But with the Normandy landings only hours away, it’s going to be a race against time. For Gallatin, caught in the dark heart of the Third Reich’s twisted death machine, there is only one way to succeed. He must unleash his own internal demons and redefine the meaning of the horror of war.
 
From the award-winning author of Swan Song and Boy’s Life, this is a “powerful novel [that] fuses WWII espionage thriller and dark fantasy. Richly detailed, intricately plotted, fast-paced historical suspense is enhanced by McCammon’s unique take on the werewolf myth” (Publishers Weekly).
 

Ratings and reviews

I've read every book he's written. This is one of the best... But single one is amazing story telling. Every time I would finish reading the last page of any of his books I would immediately wish there was more or that I cld somehow unread it & read it all again. I have...read Swan Song, by far the best, u times. I had to read theTHE STAND to come down after reading it..like a Iunky weening off heroine with pot.

No obvious ploy or stupid decision keep Michael from encountering another threat to life and limb. It's just so transparent that the story must be postponed so that another fight or transformation or dodging of bullets or breaking of necks that the novel grows tiresome and the end is almost patiently sought.

From the heart of czarist Russia to the nightmare world of Nazi Germany comes a compelling tale of one mans struggle with enemies both past and present in this World War 2 thriller with a pleasantly sympathetic take on the classic man and wolf within story from the perspective of our hero.

About the author

One of the founders of the Horror Writers Association, Robert McCammon (b. 1952) is one of the country’s most accomplished authors of modern horror and historical fiction. Raised by his grandparents in Birmingham, Alabama, McCammon published his first novel, the Revelations-inspired Baal, when he was only twenty-six. His writings continued in a supernatural vein throughout the 1980s, producing such bestselling titles as Swan Song, The Wolf’s Hour, and Stinger.   In 1991 Boy’s Life won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. After his next novel, Gone South, McCammon took a break from writing to spend more time with his family. He did not publish another novel until 2002’s Speaks the Nightbird. Since then he has followed “fixer” Matthew Corbett in two sequels, The Queen of Bedlam and Mister Slaughter. His newest novel is The Five. McCammon and his family continue to live in Birmingham.