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The Wolf's Hour

By: Robert R. McCammon
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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On the eve of D-Day, a British secret agent with unique powers goes behind Nazi lines.

Michael Gallatin is a British spy with a peculiar talent: the ability to transform himself into a wolf. Although his work in North Africa helped the Allies win the continent in the early days of World War II, he quit the service when a German spy shot his lover in her bed. Now, three years later, the army asks him to end his retirement and parachute into occupied Paris. A mysterious German plan called the Iron Fist threatens the D-Day invasion, and the Nazi in charge is the spy who betrayed Michael’s lover. The werewolf goes to France for king and country, hoping for a chance at bloody vengeance.

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"Simon Prebble's elegant narration adds dignity to a potentially tawdry premise: a British spy in Nazi-occupied Europe during WWII who is secretly a werewolf. As it turns out, McCammon's storyline is surprisingly plausible, and Prebble persuasively voices the spy's tortured introspection about his identity as well as the horrors of the Nazi regime…. Prebble articulates a wide range of characters--from a beautiful French Resistance warrior to a sneering Nazi officer--with just enough color to distinguish them. Also notable are Prebble's voices for the spy's fellow werewolves and his perfect pacing as the spy is almost cornered." ( AudioFile)
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What great potential. The general premise of the story simply turned into a boys Captain America Comic book with hair and teeth. The characters were all a combination of James Bond super baddies meet Captain America. Boring ruthless killers comic killers. Super-duper schemes to kill the good guy.

Perhaps most annoying was that this fellahs "super power", which is that turning into a savage, unstoppable killing machine, goes unused at the most obvious times.

Trapped in a deadly utter darkness while facing down an enemy? Why turn into a wolf who can see, smell and hear better, when you can stumble about in the dark?

Heck no, lets use it to eat rats!

The werewolf genre is so sadly represented, that this is commonly rated as one of the best efforts.

When you start with a supernatural element, try to make some aspect of the plot and characters plausible. No Barbarella, no oddjob, no Captain America.

Captain America with hair and teeth

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This one has not aged so well. and narrator is neither one that I enjoy.

Not my cup of,blood

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This is a well written story with lots of twists and turns right to the end well worth reading

The Wolf's Hour

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this book was really great from start to finish i never got bored i must find more work by him........

Great

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Despite the daft premise, an excellent book, great story and characters. Superbly read. Thoroughly recommended particularly to those, like me, who don’t much care for fantasy.

Outstanding

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