by Glen Duncan
First published 2011
Jake watches a woman freeze in recognition when she sees his face. At 201 years old, he looks decades younger thanks to constant physical activity and a meat-heavy diet. The violent death of his only remaining contemporary has left Jake as the sole surviving werewolf on Earth. The weight of his solitude crushes him. He considers ending his own life, which would extinguish a legend spanning millennia. Two hostile groups hunt him across the landscape, each determined to keep him breathing for their own purposes. Jake commits acts that can only be called monstrous, yet something inexplicably human persists within him. His supernatural strength cannot protect him from the depression that follows centuries of isolation. The extinction of his entire species rests on his shoulders.
Genres: fantasy, horror, supernatural, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: monsters, supernatural-creatures
293 pages · Hardcover · Knopf
Content warnings: violence