Werewolves: A Hunter's Guide

By Graeme Davis and Craig Spearing

Werewolves reveals the shocking role that werewolves have played in some of history's most significant events.

Fear the full moon; for on that day of lunacy the terrible wrath of the werewolves is unleashed. For thousands of years, from ancient Greek chronicles to modern news reports, from the depths of the darkest forests to dimly lit city streets, these dread beasts have stalked us in the realms of shadow and nightmare. Now, they are awakening. This book is the only thing standing between humanity and an overwhelming horde of snarling, ferocious lycanthropes. It reveals the secret societies devoted to studying their condition, providing information on where werewolves live, and what they do to survive. It illustrates the startling variety of werewolf subspecies, as diverse as humanity itself, collecting reports of skinwalkers, hengeyokai, and other shapeshifters from across the world.

Werewolves offers the dearly bought information from those that have hunted them down through the centuries - the best techniques to find and slay these creatures of the night.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Mar 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781472808608

Graeme Davis

Graeme Davis is a specialist in the mediaeval world, its language, literature and culture. Recent books include studies of the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon, Old High German and Old Icelandic cultures. He is a lecturer in the History of the English Language with the Open University, previously a British Academy funded researcher at the University of Iceland, and an enthusiast for the North Atlantic region, where he has travelled extensively.

Reviews for Werewolves

[libstaff2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A summary of lycanthrope history, the different types of werewolves (including people, animals, etc interpreted as werewolves), and the people who hunt them. The author interweaves both fact and fiction in an entertaining guide. The book also provides a few explanations about historical werewolf encounters. There's a bibliography and a brief filmography listed at the end for further research.Net Galley Feedback