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Description edit
New Orleans is known for sinful pleasures and strange magic, but for cryptozoologist Diana Malone it offers one irresistible attraction. For over a hundred years there have been whispers of wolves around the Crescent City, and the recent discovery of bodies in the nearby swamps hints at a... read more
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Characters edit
- Diana Malone: Widowed Cryptozoologist hired by Frank to find and capture the loup garou.
- Adam Ruelle: Dark hair, bright blue eyes, lean gorgeous body, Cajun accent. Elusive member of the cursed Ruelle family, long thought dead.
- Cassandra: Voodoo Priestess
- Luc: Son of Adam Ruelle
- Charlie: Swamp guide
- Mrs. Arianna Beasley: Librarian
- Connor Sullivan: Homicide Detective in New Orleans
- Henri Ruelle: Cursed by a Voodoo Priestess 150 years prior to become a werewolf during the Crescent Moon
- Simon Malone: Diana's dead husband. Reportedly killed in a werewolf attack four years prior.
- Frank: Diana's reclusive employer.
- Mrs. Beasly: Mrs. Favreau's granddaughter
- Mrs. Favreau: Mrs. Beasley's grandmother
- Edward Mandenauer: heads the Jager-Sucher organization; is over 80 years old, very pale, very thin
Quotes edit
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“Where you come from that you make love like a wild thing and turn red in de face when you talk about it?" Adam to Diana”
Setting & Locations edit
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Honey Island Swamp: where the Ruelle Mansion was
- St. Louis Cemetery
Organizations edit
- Jager Suchers aka Hunter Searchers: Secret organization whose purpose is to hunt down and destroy werewolves and other monsters. Funded by the government with emphasis on keeping this knowledge from the public.
First Sentence edit
A life spent fulfilling a vow to a dead man is really no life at all, but I'd loved Simon Malone, and I'd promised.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-41-untitled
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 14 in Nightcreature. (standard series)
Preceded by Dark Moon, and followed by Midnight Moon.
This is book 5 of 14 in Nightcreature: reading order. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lori Handeland (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 2006
ISBN: 978-0312938482
Page Count: 352
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 2006
ISBN: 978-0312938482
Page Count: 352
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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