– Customer review on 22/05/2006 You don’t need to read the other books in this series, ‘Master of the Night’ or ‘Master of the Moon’, although the first two do offer a backdrop to ‘Master of the Wolves’, in order to understand what’s happening in this novel. Knight offers explanations as you read, necessary for the new reader but a trifle annoying for been-there done-that fans. Nevertheless I have to say that of the three, this is my favourite by far.
The hero of ‘Master of the Moon’ is Jim London, brother to the feisty Diana of ‘Moon’ who ended up—well, I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t read the book. Jim is a werewolf who is investigating the death of his best friend in a creepy police station in a creepy little town. The only non-creepy cop is Faith Weston, new to town, who heads the K-9 department. Enter Jim, in German Shepherd form, who falls for the unsuspecting dog handler. Faith knows ‘Rambo’ is different, but she doesn’t realise just how different until he turns into a werewolf to rescue her from—wait for it—a rogue were and a psychotic vampire witch. [If you’ve read ‘Moon’ you’ll know who she is.] Okay, I didn’t say the plot was believable, but the characters are great, and the story line moves faster than in the other novels. All in all, one of Knight’s best books ever.
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