The Wolfman by Jonathan Maberry
The Wolfman is one of the great classics of modern horror, and few are as equipped to bring the iconic creature to the page more than Jonathan Maberry.
Maberry was tapped to novelize The Wolfman based on the screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self. Maberry is no stranger to monsters, having authored The Cryptopedia, Zombie CSU, and other nonfiction catalogs of the supernatural in addition to his own best-selling fiction.
The original 1941 werewolf film starred Lon Chaney, Jr. And the novelization is based on the movie's remake, opening Feb. 12. Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search.
He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector has come to investigate. As Talbot pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature that stalks the woods surrounding Blackmoor.
But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself . . . one he never imagined existed.
Maberry is the multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author, including PATIENT ZERO and THE DRAGON FACTORY in his Joe Ledger series. He also writes for Marvel Comics and his first Young Adult novel, ROT & RUIN, will be published this year. He's a member of ITW, MWA, and HWA. Visit his website at www.jonathanmaberry.com and find him on Facebook and Twitter.
Scott Nicholson is the author of seven thrillers, including THEY HUNGER, as well as six original screenplays, two story collections, and the comic series "Dirt." He was the original bass player in the Killer Thriller Band. His virtual haunt is www.hauntedcomputer.com.
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