the hunter from the woods by robert mccammon

McCammon now refuses to let his first four novels be republished because while he does not dislike the books, he does not feel that they are up to the standards of his later works. As of 2008, his plans are to continue with the series. McCammon retired from publishing in the late 1990s, but returned to publish Speaks the Nightbird, the first book in the Matthew Corbett series. McCammon currently resides in Birmingham, and is married to Sally Sanders. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham. His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. McCammon (born 1952) is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. In the process, it shines a welcome new light on one of the most uncommon heroes in contemporary fiction.Robert R. Like the best of McCammon's earlier work, it offers intelligent, world-class entertainment. Erotic, visceral, and filled with moments of desolating horror and unexpected warmth, The Hunter from the Woods is a triumph of imaginative storytelling. '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.

'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. 'Sea Chase' is a nautical tale about the hazards of transporting a defecting German scientist to a place of sanctuary in England. In between, McCammon gives us three stellar novellas depicting different phases of Michael's long, brutal war against Nazi Germany. It ends with a haunting vision of the werewolf at twilight.

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. The Hunter from the Woods marks the much-anticipated return of Michael Gallatin, the lycanthropic hero of Robert McCammon's classic, The Wolf's Hour.

The hunter from the woods by robert mccammon