The Wolfen (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Whitley Strieber
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—superbeing
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Folkloric or magical people, Police, New York City, Werewolves, Mutations or mutants
- Locales: New York, NY
The Plot
The Wolfen is Whitley Strieber’s first investigation into the lives of wolves. Several of his later books examine wolves from a naturalistic perspective. This one poses the existence of wolflike creatures that run in small packs and inhabit all major cities of the Western world. The implications are meant to be chilling.
Becky Neff and George Wilson are detectives assigned to a puzzling double homicide, in which two police officers are killed at a police vehicle pound. The two officers were ravaged and completely gutted, and they never had time to draw...
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