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The Hunter from the Woods door Robert…
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The Hunter from the Woods (editie 2011)

door Robert McCammon, Vincent Chong (Illustrator)

Reeksen: Michael Gallatin (2)

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The Hunter from the Woods marks the much-anticipated return of Michael Gallatin, the lycanthropic hero of Robert McCammon's 1989 classic, The Wolf's Hour. These all-new, interlinked stories offer a full measure of McCammon's trademark narrative excitement, and comprise a fascinating composite portrait of a unique fictional creation. The volume opens with a pair of brief glimpses into Michael's early life in Russia and his initial recruitment into the British Secret Service. It ends with a haunting vision of the werewolf at twilight. In between, McCammon gives us three stellar novellas depicting different phases of Michael's long, brutal war against Nazi Germany. 'Sea Chase' is a nautical tale about the hazards of transporting a defecting German scientist to a place of sanctuary in England. 'The Wolf and the Eagle' is the account of an unlikely friendship between rival 'men of action' and a harrowing portrayal of a lethal forced march through the North African desert. 'The Room at the Bottom of the Stairs' tells of an impossible, ultimately tragic love affair set in the embattled city of Berlin during the latter stages of the war. Erotic, visceral, and filled with moments of desolating horror and unexpected warmth, The Hunter from the Woods is a triumph of imaginative storytelling. Like the best of McCammon's earlier work, it offers intelligent, world-class entertainment. In the process, it shines a welcome new light on one of the most uncommon heroes in contemporary fiction.… (meer)
Lid:VictoriaPL
Titel:The Hunter from the Woods
Auteurs:Robert McCammon
Andere auteurs:Vincent Chong (Illustrator)
Info:Subterranean (2011), Edition: Signed, Limited Edition, Hardcover, 328 pages
Verzamelingen:Jouw bibliotheek
Waardering:****
Trefwoorden:format - hardback, needs mylar, 12 in 12, signed, read 2012

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The Hunter from the Woods door Robert R. McCammon

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  Mcdede | Jul 19, 2023 |
It was good to hear more stories of Michael the werewolf but a novel would have been more satisfying. ( )
  mjduigou | Feb 27, 2022 |
This is a collection of stories about Michael Gallatin, the protagonist from The Wolf's Hour. This gem fills in some of the holes in Gallatin's life.

I knew this book would be coming out, so a few months ago I re-read The Wolf's Hour to again familiarize myself with the star, Michael Gallatin. It's not every day that one reads a book about a werewolf/spy in WWII, but I originally read it over 20 years ago. I enjoyed the second read as much as the first and this time, I had the added excitement of finally learning more about Mr. Gallatin. Mr. McCammon did not disappoint.

There are a few shorts and a novella or two within The Hunter from the Woods. All of which combine to fill in a lot of the holes in Michael's life. We learn of his true love and her fate back in Nazi Germany. We learn of some of his escapades after his pack broke up. We learn how Michael feels as he gets old. There are a few other things we learn as well. Things that cannot be mentioned here. But some of these things indicate that there still are a lot of questions surrounding Michael that need to be answered. Maybe we will get them at some point in the future? Perhaps Mr. McCammon could open up his soul cage one more time? I can only hope. ( )
  Charrlygirl | Mar 22, 2020 |
This book is a series of historical fantasy short stories and novellas with the same main character. The setting is the middle of the 20thC, and the main character is a werewolf of Russian origin who gets drafted into the British Secret Service. Most of the stories/novellas are individual espionage missions around or during the Second World War.

I got this book as part of a Humble Bundle a few years back, and it is one of the less-appealing sounding ones that I put off reading, and I think I was right in doing so. The writing is perfunctory. The plots would make for by-the-numbers action movies. Quick, forgettable 1980s-seeming pulp. Would have given it two stars, but for the sequence with the torpedo in the story set on a freight ship: that was excellent use of the Rule of Cool. ( )
  Petroglyph | Feb 6, 2019 |
Sometimes at night, when he could sleep, he awakened with a start to feel the wolf coming out. Just sliding out of him, first the rippling bands of hair and then the searing pain of bones reforming. The smell of his own animal in his nostrils. His mouth in agony, his gums starting to be ripped apart, the taste of blood from new fangs. He always slammed the soul cage and locked it before he went too far...but the wolf was always there, and it always yearned to break free.
Life aboard a freighter was not suitable for lycanthropes.


Of Robert McCammon's works, there are only a handful that I've read more than once. And when asked my very favorite, the answer comes easy: The Wolf's Hour. Michael Gallatin, lover of women and slayer of Nazis - Her Majesty's lycanthrope is a difficult character to forget. But now The Wolf's Hour has a challenger because McCammon has written a new volume featuring Gallatin.

The Hunter from the Woods showcases six episodes in Gallatin's life. From youth to grizzled elder, we see how the years and the lifestyle have formed the man... and the wolf. I chewed through these so quickly but I couldn't stop myself from devouring the lot. Of the six, the one I enjoyed the least was The Wolf and the Eagle, it just didn't hold me rapt. But that was more than made up for by The Room at the Bottom of the Stairs and Death of a Hunter. Those are masterpieces - well paced, well written and well worth the wait. Like one of Gallatin's companions, I am left not sated but only wanting more. ( )
  VictoriaPL | Oct 19, 2012 |
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The Hunter from the Woods marks the much-anticipated return of Michael Gallatin, the lycanthropic hero of Robert McCammon's 1989 classic, The Wolf's Hour. These all-new, interlinked stories offer a full measure of McCammon's trademark narrative excitement, and comprise a fascinating composite portrait of a unique fictional creation. The volume opens with a pair of brief glimpses into Michael's early life in Russia and his initial recruitment into the British Secret Service. It ends with a haunting vision of the werewolf at twilight. In between, McCammon gives us three stellar novellas depicting different phases of Michael's long, brutal war against Nazi Germany. 'Sea Chase' is a nautical tale about the hazards of transporting a defecting German scientist to a place of sanctuary in England. 'The Wolf and the Eagle' is the account of an unlikely friendship between rival 'men of action' and a harrowing portrayal of a lethal forced march through the North African desert. 'The Room at the Bottom of the Stairs' tells of an impossible, ultimately tragic love affair set in the embattled city of Berlin during the latter stages of the war. Erotic, visceral, and filled with moments of desolating horror and unexpected warmth, The Hunter from the Woods is a triumph of imaginative storytelling. Like the best of McCammon's earlier work, it offers intelligent, world-class entertainment. In the process, it shines a welcome new light on one of the most uncommon heroes in contemporary fiction.

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