The Monster Novels

From a New York Times–bestselling and Bram Stoker Award–winning author: Three novels with monsters ranging from alien to werewolf to vengeful moms.

 


Whether writing Southern Gothic horror or reinventing the monster genre, World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award–winning author Robert R. McCammon proves himself a master of a wide spectrum of modern horror and dark fantasy. In these three novels, McCammon presents a terrifying predator from another world, a werewolf war hero, and two crazy moms you do not want to mess with.


 

Stinger: In this New York Times bestseller, when Stinger, a monstrous alien bounty hunter, crash-lands in the West Texas hellhole of Inferno in search of a young fugitive, the relentless creature encloses the town in an impenetrable and inescapable dome to isolate and kill its prey. Now, the few remaining survivors must band together to save the fugitive—who's taken the human form of a small girl—and themselves from annihilation.


 


"The ultimate horror novel." —The Philadelphia Inquirer

 


"One of the best suspense novels of recent years." —Science Fiction Chronicle

 

The Wolf's Hour: Michael Gallatin—master spy, Nazi hunter . . . and werewolf. As the Allies' secret weapon, the lycanthrope parachutes into occupied France to subvert a Nazi plan to thwart the D-Day invasion, code-named Iron Fist. With the Normandy landings only hours away, it's a race against time. The Nazis may have Iron Fist, but Gallatin comes with claws, in this New York Times bestseller.


 


"Powerful . . . fuses WWII espionage thriller and dark fantasy. Richly detailed, intricately plotted, fast-paced historical suspense is enhanced by McCammon's unique take on the werewolf myth." —Publishers Weekly

 

Mine: Suffering from psychotic delusions of motherhood, former sixties radical and FBI fugitive Mary Terrell sneaks into the maternity ward of an Atlanta hospital and snatches a newborn baby. Burning with primal maternal fury, the baby's mother, Laura Clayborne, is going after Mary herself on a twisted and violent cross-country pursuit. In this Bram Stoker Award winner, to track a madwoman, Laura will have to think like one . . .


 


"Feverishly exciting . . . a page-whipping thriller." —Kirkus Reviews

 


"An expertly constructed novel of suspense and horror." —Publishers Weekly