Kelly Armstrong
Published January 27, 2009 by Spectra
ISBN: 0553807099
369 Pages
Synopsis
A six year old boy came across a werewolf and asked to be bitten, deciding it would be better than his current situation. Clayton didn't count on becoming a wild child, barely able to survive in the woods on his new wolf instincts. Years later, someone came along and took an interest in the strange wolf-child. Jeremy tamed the little beast and initiated him into a pack of 'civilized' werewolves. Throughout time, trials, and tests of everyone's patience, eventually Clayton earned his place as one of the most loyal and fearsome members of the Pack.
Musings
Out of all of Kelly Armstrong's Otherworld characters, the wolves are my absolute favorite. This book is a compilation of short stories surrounding the Wolf Pack's men. The best part, we find out about Clayton's childhood. How he became a werewolf, how he met Jeremy, and where and why that undying sense of loyalty was developed.
I particularly enjoyed these stories because you get to better understand the way Clayton thinks. He is a wolf, inside and out. His choices and actions are driven by instinct, but human sentimentality and empathy are not in his emotional toolkit--and that's okay.
After reading about Clayton's childhood in Infusion, Savage, and Ascension - we get to find out more about Jeremy's special abilities in Kitsunegari. In Clayton's case, we got to find out when he was bitten, but in Jeremy's we found out about how he was conceived, and where his strange powers of perception come from.
I would recommend this series of short stories to anyone already familiar with Kelly Armstrong's Wolf Pack. Overall a great read adding depth and value to the full length novels.
-Rita
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